Stories from the Issac Platt and Minnie Mariah Potter family
Stories from the Issac Platt and Minnie Mariah Potter family
John Cumming on Mountain Hardwear's Founding
Remembering Bob Swanson - by Leta Swanson
Jim Thomsen Intro
Buckskin to Gore-Tex: The Outdoor Industry in American History
Escape from the SIA: ORCA then OIA
What's in Your Attic, Sally McCoy? Seeking Outdoor Biz Documents
City Lights? Flash Lights? Beat it.
George Morgan's Alpenlite Pack
Nancy Eisen, Susan Smith, Susan Castner - Erickson Outdoors
Nancy Eisen, Susan Smith, Susan Castner - The Crew
Susan Smith - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Nancy Eisen - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Susan Castner - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Camp 7 Made Amazing Gear
Keith Brown - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Camp 7 Employees Through the Years
I was hired in early 1968
John's Showroom Photos - Willi of California
Tales from Sierra Designs Retail Glory Days at Fourth and Addison
Outdoor Company Catalogs - Table of Contents
Alan Tabor at Sierra Designs - How I Won My Career in Colossal Cave
A Shot In The Dark
Drug Stories #1 - from Bob Woodward and Al Tabor
Cynthia Chapple gets the Golden Gert Award
Conspiracy for Quality - The North Face Pioneers the Testing Lab
Kevin Smith - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Dan Castner - First Days in the Outdoor Industry
Henry on Cordura in the Outdoor Biz
Dan, Kevin, Henry, Al Intro Unedited
John Murphy on 60/40 Fabric
A Review of Product Development for Sierra Designs
Victor's Winter Solstice Poems
“Out-Back” Compact Campfire Grid
The Story of the Sierra Designs 60/40 Mountain Parka
The Crevasse
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 18
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 17
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 16
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 15
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 14
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 13
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 12 - The Bear
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 11
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 10
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 9
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 8
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 7
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 6
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 5
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 4
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 3
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 2
Ice Hiking in British Columbia 1
George's Intro to Sierra Designs 1974 Southwest Catalog
Protect Public Lands: Get Informed, Spread the Word.
OutInUnder Privacy Policy
Reba McWhorter's Green Thumb
Bob Swanson Stories
Phil Brown Stories
Victor Ichioka - My First Trip to Outdoor Retailer.
Andy Drollinger founded Adventure 16
Bay Alarm
Bob Swanson in memoriam
Bob Swanson - Founder, Designer, Solid Citizen
Phil Brown - Man of Many Passions
Martin Joins Artists' Breakfast
Proletariis update - 9/16/2016
The Significance of Red Beer
Stan Huncilman's The Sacred Mountain
Trailblazers: Richard Kelty and Rick Scott
Trailblazers: Jim and Greg Thomsen
Trailblazer: Bill Nicolai of Early Winters
Sierra Designs Employees 1988
From the Closet of Dr John Bouman: Luggage
Proletariis - Episode 1
SlingFin and Crowdfunding
Sean McDevitt and Proletariis - Introduction
Extreme Design - The Ebola Bag
From the Closet of Dr John Bouman: Odds and Ends.
From the Closet of Dr John Bouman: Tents!
Poignant Happenings on the Pacific Crest Trail, Part 2
Grommets - Stress Testing Conventional Wisdom
Pleiad origins, anyway?
Alta’s Ride
Tom Tabor: Navy Service on the USS Traw
Tom Tabor: Cars as Transportation on Roads and Mountains
Poignant Happenings on the Pacific Crest Trail
From the Closet of Dr John Bouman: the Goonies pack
OutInUnder's Buy a Beverage Program
The Oval Intention Walkthrough - LP Version
Future Q
Trailblazer: Guntram Jordan
Trailblazer: Bill Simon
The Oval Intention in the Context of 1975 Tents
Bucky Fuller at The North Face's 999 Harrison Street Building Dedication Ceremony
The North Face - Facilities Crew - early 1980s
SF Examiner 5/26/1994 - North Face sold at auction to managers
Emotions on the Pacific Crest Trail, Part 2
How The SNEWS Came to the Outdoor Industry
Trailblazers: Marcia Briggs & Gary Kirk
Dick Austin - First Backpacking Trip
A Bit of Grace
Trailblazer: Dale Johnson
Rabbit Rarities
What is the Lizard King About Which You Speak?
Emotions on the Pacific Crest Trail, Part 1
Signing the Big Deal - MHW joins Columbia (3_13_03)
MHW Yosemite Meeting (12_3_01) - Jack's State of the Company Kickoff
Memories of Joan Tabor (from Alan)
How Tom met Ann
Dick McGowan on Mountaineering from KCTS9 Seattle
Trailblazer: Dick McGowan
Trailblazer: Larry Penberthy
Trailblazers: Greg and Ted Hine
And Stoli flowed literally like Water
Mana from the Gods on the Vancouver Trail
George Marks: First Days
Hap Klopp: Bringing the Oval Intention from Concept to Market
Mark Erickson: Too Many Cooks Perfect the Broth - Designing the Oval Intention
Mark Erickson: The Oval Intention Changes the Game
Trailblazers: Jeff Lowe and Brothers
Trailblazer: Royal Robbins
Trailblazer: Dave Chantler
Golden Corral...Las Vegas...circa 1984
The North Face Originals Discuss the Oval Intention
Bob Nagy Memorial
George's Intro to the Vancouver "Life-Saving" Catalog
Mantras and the Mind, Mantras and the Body
Trailblazer: Skip Yowell
Mountaineering Industry in Boulder, Colorado.
History of Gear - Bruce's Books
Introduction to 1972 Sierra Designs "the Bodie" Catalog
What Did We Do Every Day on the PCT?
History of Gear - The Backpacking Revolution: Table of Contents
What Kind of Food Did We Eat?
Columbia Crew Meet and Greet at Mountain Hardwear 3/12/2003
Lost Zemitis Tapes - Table of Contents
Trailblazer: Peter Noone
Bev's A-Z PCT Gear List
Bev's PCT Gear Intro
Mysteries of the Sierra Designs Footsack
Neutral Ground, Exclusive Turf- Eating and Drinking in Berkeley in the Seventies
How Did We Prepare Physically for the PCT?
Trailblazer: Yvon Chouinard
Stories and Resiliency Part 2
Al Tabor's Story of Story: Table of Contents
Fabiano Boots and Me
Fabiano Boots or Cement Overshoes?
Trailblazer: Jim Whittaker and REI—and Mt. Everest
Bev's Pacific Crest Trail Stories - Intro and Index
Being Sixty on the Pacific Crest Trail - 2nd Set of Stories
MHW OR Basecamp BBQ - Summer 2001 (part 2/2)
MHW 10 Year Anniversary Pot Luck Celebration
Bruce Hamilton and Kenneth Snelson: a short conversation.
Family Stories and Family Strength
Being Sixty on the Pacific Crest Trail
Bill Moss: Trailblazer
Mountain Hardwear Employees - 2008
Helen Li's Retirement Party
MHW Outdoor Retailer Setup - Summer 2001 - Pt 1
Sierra Designs Boycott Resolved
Trailblazer: Justus Bauschinger
Clearing out my stuff at Mountain Hardwear
Trailblazer: Jack Gilbert
The Challenge
Sierra Designs Plant Closure - December 1984
Trailblazer: Hap Klopp
Adventures in Retailing at Fourth and Addison And Beyond
SD Hippies beat Oakland Police for BBall Title
Trailblazer: Mark Erickson
My Life in Stories: Lessons Learned Part 1
Don't Buy Sierra Designs - 1984
Trailblazer: Bill Forrest
Industry Trailblazers Master Index
Trailblazer: Mic Mead and Adventure 16
Bruce Johnson on Holubar
Trailblazers: Allen Steck
Weird Ass Sierra Designs Logo
Paul Porter's First BYOG Project
Classic Down Vest Failure
Life at 137 Tewksbury Before Sierra Designs - Get Em Sparky
Alive in the Bitter Sea
Test youTube embed
Paul Porter on the Sierra Designs after the Mountain Hardwear Exodus
Mountain Hardwear and Columbia Sportswear Merge
Halloween 2001 at Mountain Hardwear
Mike Wallenfels on Cheryl Knopp's Ethereal Ice Pants
Trailblazer: Don Douglass and Alpenlite
Trailblazers: Bob Swanson
Trailblazers: George Marks
Robert Link on the Cagoule
Cagoule Reboot 2013
Phil Scott on Cagoule History
Cagoules Rule
My Life in Stories: Intro to the 'Story of Stories' Conversation
Eating Your Boots: George Rudolf, DMC, and Pivetta Boots
Paige Springer Boucher at Mountain Hardwear's Founding
Paige Springer Boucher Halloween 1993
Industry Trailblazers Pt 2 Intro
Trailblazer: Colin Fletcher
Trailblazer: Jack Stephenson and Warmlite
Trailblazers: L. L. Bean
Paige Springer Boucher Intro
Trailblazers: Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
Mountain Hardwear Employees Through the Years
Jennifer Slaboda at Mountain Hardwear
Sierra Designs Employees Through the Years
Nancy Eisen, Jen Slaboda, Julie ONeil, and Roberta Hernandez discuss various things
Rowan Jimenez at Mountain Hardwear
Ted Ganio at Mountain Hardwear
Mountain Hardwear 20th Anniversary Party
Mark Perrilliat at The North Face, Sierra Designs, and Mountain Hardwear, in brief
Bruce Johnson on Gerry
Bruce Johnson on George Rudolf
Mike Wallenfels Very Condensed Career History
Daniel Soto at Mountain Hardwear
Gaston MacMillan at Mountain Hardwear
Chris Strasser at Mountain Hardwear
Buckminster Fuller at The North Face - Ingrid's snapshots
MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR CHARTER DEALER LETTER
Mountain Hardwear Founders
How I Started at Sierra Designs: Arela Beary
Lawanda Ultan at Sierra Designs: Chemical Origins
Bill Ellsworth at Sierra Designs
A Brief History of the Down Machine
Trailblazers: Eddie Bauer
Trailblazers: Dick Kelty and Kelty Pack
Gary Jensen at Sierra Designs
Dear Sierra Designs
The Lost Zemitis Tapes: Schnoofa Culture Pt 1
Sierra Designs Staff Photo 1985
George Rudolf and Phil Scott Engage in a Covert Act of Kindness
Sierra Designs: Lawanda Ultan At the Start
George Lamb: Alp Sport and Camp 7
Kimiyo's Sushi - Potlucks at Sierra Designs and Mountain Hardwear
Leroy and Alice Holubar: Holubar
Gerry Cunningham: Gerry
George Rudolf: The Ski Hut, Trailwise, Donner Mountain
Sierra Designs 1971 Catalog: What a Crowd
The Totem: George's introduction to 1970 Sierra Designs catalog
Industry Trailblazers Pt 1 Intro
Sierra Designs Catalog 1969-70: Transcendance
Designing the SlingFin Guide Cap
SlingFin HardShell and OneUp - Design Details
Sierra Designs Employees by 1971
Martin Zemtis, Devon Brown, and SlingFin - Mountaineering Tent Testing and Design
Sierra Designs Mt Washington Tent Test Trips
SlingFin Webtruss - Design Principles
Sierra Designs Mt Washington Tent Test PR Video
Martin Zemitis on Tent Testing at Mt Washington
Martin Zemitis on Tent Design Essentials and Trade-offs
Sierra Designs at Industry Trade Shows: Conversational Rigor
Sierra Designs Staff Learn Party Etiquette
Bob Woodward Recalls Bob "Speedy" Coleman and David Mitchell
Peter Langmaid on Bob 'Speedy' Coleman
Archaic Technology 1 - Bob Woodward on the Cagoule
Archaic Technology 2 - Peter Langmaid on the Down Balaclava
Robert Link on meeting Babu Chiri and Lhawang Dhondup
Historic Sierra Designs Catalogs: An Introduction
Martin Zemitis on designing a tent for Babu Chiri Sherpa
Griffin at Mountain Hardwear
Martin Zemitis, Designer - Brief History and Introduction
Paul Kramer on Helen Li's essential role at Mountain Hardwear
2nd Sierra Designs Catalog: Up in the Arctic, and Up in Smoke
How did Sierra Designs name its sleeping bags?
First Sierra Designs Catalog Complements Artful Gear
Tales of the early days of Sierra Designs, from a kid's perspective
Peter Langmaid: The Early Years of Sierra Designs
Robert Link and early Mountain Hardwear
Roberta Hernandez on Mountain Hardwear's First Orders and Shipments
Al Tabor - Yearly Molt
Reba McWhorter, Seamstress to the Stars
Bob Woodward on Retail's Heady Heydays of Sierra Designs
Mike Wallenfels on hiring Bill Chandler and John Harvey at Mountain Hardwear
Richie Gardner, Jackson Cyr, and Al Tabor Talk Starcraft Nerd Talk
Starcraft and Mountain Hardwear Corporate Culture
A Brief History of the Foundation of Sierra Designs
Kimiyo Galyen Intro
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Favorite Products: Mike Wallenfels on the Windstopper Test Team Vest
Favorite Products: Al Tabor on the Chill Factor Vest
Jackson Cyr on Ray Ferrand on the Mountain Hardwear team.
Jackson Cyr Intro
Richie Gardner Intro
Starcraft - pt 1 (Richie, Jackson, Al)
Hundreds of Little Pins: Ingrid Harshbarger's Attention to Detail
From the lost Zemitis Tapes: the combination tent pole and fly fishing rod featuring John Harvey
Create an Account - PowerPoint / SlideShare
Sign Up - How To Video
Victor Ichioka - Meeting Mountain Hardwear
Creating an Account
User's Manual Link
Tom Tabor: Mother
Tom Tabor: Grandparents
Tom Tabor: Ancestors
Tom Tabor Personal History
Basics - Adding Images to Stories
Basics - Adding Stories
Add a Story - HowTo Video
We Stand Behind Our Warranty - SD Customer Service circa 1978
Martin Zemitis on MHW's founding.
Mike Wallenfels Discusses Mountain Hardwear's First Product - rough cut
Mountain Hardwear's First (Fall 1994) Product Line
1999 Planning Retreat
Jack Gilbert - Big Idea / No Name
Paul Kramer - On Working with Ingrid Harshbarger
Sierra Designs Employees in 1993 or so...perhaps late 1992
Beer
Lake
Lauren Alexander at SlingFin - First Days
Rich Ying at SlingFin - First Days
Alan Tabor: It's been a great run, but it's time. My resignation Post-It.
Audit Links
Jack Gilbert in western attire, quits Sierra Designs and the exodus to Mountain Hardwear begins.
Al Tabor - First Days at Mountain Hardwear
Al Tabor Describes the Financial Problems at The North Face & Odyssey that Lead to Mountain Hardwear's Founding
Paul Kramer - Talking to Jack about the first two weeks Mountain Hardwear and starting Product Line
Paul Kramer - Last Days Sierra Designs
Chris Clark - Old Office / New Office
Chris Clark - Halloween / Transition out of The North Face
Roberta Hernandez - Transition to MHW
Working at the Middle Table
Roberta Hernandez - Halloween 1993
Mike Wallenfels - Halloween 1993
Mike Wallenfels - What does an Intergalactic Sales Manager do?
Mike Wallenfels begins his career in sales management as SD's Regional Sales Manager for Earth
Jack Gilbert - Enter the Cummings; Interests Coalesce; Mountain Hardwear is Sparked
Al Tabor - Halloween 1993
Al Tabor at Sierra Designs pre-Mountain Hardwear
Roberta Hernandez Intro
Chris Clark Intro
Mike Wallenfels Intro - Intergalactic Sales Manager
Jack Gilbert at Sierra Designs
Paul Kramer Intro
Survival Kit
Bank of Boston - It's a Cigar!
SF Chronicle 11/2/1993 - Sierra Designs Managers Walk Out
SNEWS Dec 1993 - Mountain Hardwear Debuts
Oakland Tribune 11/9/1993 - Sierra Designs defectors await word...
Al Tabor's Resignation Letter from Sierra Designs
SNEWSFLASH 11/5/93 - Sierra Designs Walkout
We Hear About Odyssey Going Bankrupt in a PS to a Fax
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