Founding Donor -- Backcountry.com

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High end gear for hard core outdoor enthusiasts

Backcountry.com is dedicated to being the best online retailer of the best built outdoor and backcountry gear on the planet. From the start our founders were intent on selling quality gear over the Web and what they found was that if the content is good and the products of the finest quality that people will come. If you’re as intense about your gear as you are about your adventures then you’re in the right store.

Jetboil

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It all started in 2001 with a simple but powerful idea. Frustrated with heavy vacuum bottles and clunky stoves, Jetboil founders Dwight Aspinwall and Perry Dowst set out to make outdoor cooking easier.

They discovered that the secret to a fast and friendly design lies in increasing heat transfer efficiency. Alternating between lab and mountains, a series of designs were subjected to intense experimental and field testing. The result is a series of products as reliable as they are remarkable; as usable as they are unique.

Cascade Designs

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Cascade Designs is the parent company to MSR, Therm-A-Rest, Seal Line, Platypus and Tracks. Each of these brands makes high quality equipment for outdoor recreation. Cascade Designs manufactures a majority of gear in U.S. and European facilities.

National Outdoors

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National Outdoors online magazine provides detailed gear reviews of outdoor products for brands like: LL Bean, Cabelas, REI, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Merrell, Osprey, CamelBak, SmartWool, Timex, Magellan, ExOfficio, Motorola and many more.

After samples are reviewed, they are donated to the Gear to Grow Program.

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Mountain Khakis

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Powderhorn

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About Powderhorn

Established in 1972, Powderhorn is a ski apparel company founded in Jackson Hole, WY. Powderhorn sells ski apparel exclusively at specialty snow sports shops across the globe.

Gear to Grow & Powderhorn Partnership

CamelBak

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About CamelBak®

Icebreaker

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Launched in 1994, Icebreaker was the first company in the world to develop a merino fibre layering system for the outdoors. It was also the first outdoor apparel company in the world to source merino directly from growers, a system it began in 1997. The Icebreaker apparel system includes underwear, mid layer garments, outerwear, socks and accessories. There are outdoor, technical and lifestyle categories, each with its own specific fabrics and design details. Icebreaker is sold in more than 3,000 stores in 37 countries.

Carve Designs

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Surfing is an adventure: It is challenging, exhilarating, but also spiritual. Surfing mirrors life. Our goal at Carve Designs is to make clothes that not only go surfing with you, but also evoke the feeling of surfing back at home. Like you, our clothes are vibrant, creative and versatile. Our female surfers and athletes have validated the quality and fit of our clothing, and they continue to inspire ongoing design

Igloo Coolers

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Founded in 1947, Texas-based Igloo Products Corporation is today an international designer, manufacturer and marketer of outdoor products that make the outdoor experience more accessible and more fun. So whether it’s on the water, near the water, on the trail, on the hunt, in the mountains or just around the house for family fun, Igloo goes where you go and makes the experience better.