The air around me hung ominously, heavy with moisture. A mix of rain and snow had fallen overnight, with water taking the form dictated by the ambient temperature. “On belay?”, I asked my partner A...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 report on climbing The Talisman WI5-6, M6 in Ouray, Colorado

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...

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...