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Patagonia Opens 25th Store in Austin
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Austin, Texas (mtnpressworld.com) – Twenty-five…it’s the mileage of a good mountain bike ride, a great number of powder turns, and the inches of an awesome brown taking a fly. It’s also the number of retail stores now operated by outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia, whose 25th store just opened indowntown Austin, its first location in Texas. The new 7,000-square-foot Patagonia store at 316 North Congress is located in a historic building that began life as the W.B. Smith dry goods store in 1884, four years before the state capitol…
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Schweitzer Goes Green
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Sandpoint, ID (mtnpressworld.com) – You don’t eat the state’s potatoes when they’re green, but you’ll certainly want to ski its resorts that are. Idaho’s Schweitzer Mountain Resort recently announced several initiatives to reduce its impact on the environment, including hiring an environmental coordinator, signing the National Ski Area Association’s Sustainable Slopes Initiative, purchasing wind energy to operate chairlifts, enlisting an environmental committee to work on resort improvements, and hosting a contest to see how much energy the resort could save last summer. -
Adventurer to Row for Disabled Vets
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Park City, Utah (mtnpressworld.com) – Row, row, row your boat. Fresh off a two-year, 75,000-mile around-the-world fishing expedition, that’s what adventurer Dan Cook will be doing this spring when he embarks on a solo rowing trip spanning more than 3,700 miles from Montana to the mouth of the Mississippi. The journey will commence April 1, 2009, and help raise awareness and funding for disabled veterans across America. -
2008 National Outdoor Book Award Winners Announced
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Pocatello, Idaho (mtnpressworld.com) -- A stubborn band of optimists who refused to let the American chestnut tree slip into extinction. One man's obsession with hiking the Grand Canyon. A young mother rebuilding her life after the death of her mountaineer husband. These are some of the themes found among the winners of the 2008 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA).
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Waterville Valley Celebrates 40 Years
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What makes a resort an icon? Try a 40th anniversary, which is what New Hampshire’s Waterville Valley is celebrating this year. In the mid-‘60s, Olympic skier Tom Corcoran scoured northern New England for just the right mountain to fulfill his vision of a year-round destination ski resort. When he saw Waterville Valley—which then had only a couple of rope tows and trails, an inn, and 500 acres of land for sale—Tom knew it was the place.
