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Fourteen Years of the Black Spider Hoody

Fourteen Years of the Black Spider Hoody

Last week we put up an Instagram post about the Black Spider Hoody and the "problem" with making durable product. If your product doesn't wear out your customers don't need another one for 10+ year...
US Textile and Sewn Products Manufacturing is in Trouble

US Textile and Sewn Products Manufacturing is in Trouble

For all the talk about reshoring manufacturing, the textile and sewn products industry has largely been absent from the broader conversation, most of which seems to revolve around chips and that so...
What We Believe

What We Believe

In 1994 Sir James Goldsmith predicted the future with eerie accuracy in an interview with Charlie Rose. The interview was about his opposition to the upcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad...
The Promises we Make

The Promises we Make

As we’ve been wrapping up the monumental task of closing down our factory, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the mistakes that we made, what we did right and what lessons we can bring to our work at NW...
Way Off the Map in NE India
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Way Off the Map in NE India

by Matt Zia We were way off the map and everything felt like shooting from the hip. Spencer Gray and Rushad Nanavatty texted me in April with a photo of one of the most beautiful mountain faces I’v...
Steve Elder - The Talisman WI5-6, M6 Ouray, Colorado
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Steve Elder - The Talisman WI5-6, M6 Ouray, Colorado

Steve Elder report on climbing The Talisman WI5-6, M6 in Ouray, Colorado
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2023 NW Alpine Spring Product Preview

2023 Spring Preview We've been busy this winter! Our factory has been cleared out of past contract sew customers trims, machines have been sold and we've been transitioning a number of our products...
Jason Hardrath - Bulgers 100 Interview
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Jason Hardrath - Bulgers 100 Interview

It's big, it's huge, it's scary. I will most likely fail. If one fire starts and fire season starts early, boom, game over. I could be on peak 99 out of 100 and if a fire starts on peak 100 then it...
Mt. Hood Trip Report: Eliot Headwall, Variation - 05/02/2021
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Mt. Hood Trip Report: Eliot Headwall, Variation - 05/02/2021

The line [we took parallels] the existing Ravine line. I’d spotted this line on my first trip up the Eliot Headwall this year, jaw-dropped at the amount of ice all over. The dark rock band above th...