Granite Gear Wins Significant Contract for Special Ops CHIEF Patrol Pack

Granite Gear has been awarded a significant government contract to supply the US Special Operations Forces (SOF) with up to 45,000 of its CHIEF Patrol Packs over the next 5 years.

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Granite Gear Air Space Bag Wins 2008 Backpacking Light Staff Pick

Backpacking Light staff pick their favorites for 2008 and they choose Air Space Bag a best piece of gear. Here's what they say.

The Granite Gear Air Space zippered stuff sack is a wonderful multipurpose item. The size small that I use is perfect to stuff my sleeping bag or insulated clothing. When in camp, it becomes a place to contain smaller items. At night I put any extra clothing in it and use it as a pillow. Its rectangular shape makes it easier to pack in a backpack and for it to stay in place when used as a pillow. The large opening provided by the long, waterproof zipper makes it easy to find things inside. On each end there is a grosgrain handle that provides counter force for zipping or to help pull the sack out of my pack. Made of silnylon, the sack slides easily out of a pack and is especially handy for wet weather or winter camping, when I can lay it down on the wet ground or snow and the things inside do not get wet.

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Granite Gear's Gregg Treinish and Deia Schlosberg Win National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

Granite Gear's Gregg Treinish and Deia Schlosberg were awarded with the 2009 Best Adventurers of the Year Award from National Geographic Adventure magazine. Selected by National Geographic editors, Greg and Deia were recently honored at the magazine’s Adventurer of the Year Celebration in Washington DC. Congratulations Gregg and Deia!

Gregg and Deia then went to Portland to give a presentation at REI, where WEND Magazine sat down with them and recorded a reading of the first part of their compelling story. Now you can listen to them yourself, as they read Across the Andes Part 1 from Volume 3 Issue 3 of Wend.

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Granite Gear Stuffball

The Art & Science of Camping - calls out stuffball as key piece of equipment.


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Granite Gear AirGrocery Bag gets blogged about!

Granite Gear Testimonial - Journey to Ultralight

"Just got my new pack and tent in over the weekend. The pack is a 2 lb. 2 oz. Granite Gear Vapor Ki. I'm saving right at 1 lb. over my Deuter Futura pack and gaining 1,000 cu. in. of space."

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Granite Gear Nimbus Meridian Ki in November 08 Backpacker

A Girl's Best Friend - Backpacker female testers pick the Nimbus Meridian Ki as their favorite pack for fall hikes. "It's light, but it ain't dainty."