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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
50% OFF All Remaining Winter Apparel
If you're the type that likes to plan ahead, get a head start on the coming season with 50% OFF remaining winter apparel in our clearance section! Unbeatable prices on winter outerwear from The North Face, Patagonia, and Mountain Hardwear. You won't see deals like these until next spring!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Buy One Get One 50% OFF All Apparel!
If you're looking for clothes that play as hard as you do, Wilderness Supply has a sale for you! For a limited time only, all apparel is on sale at
all three of our store locations.
Buy one item, get a second item of equal or lesser value 50% off on in-stock adventure apparel. Pick up a pair of shorts, get a tank-top half-price. Grab a new button-up, get a t-shirt 50% off. It's the perfect chance to stock up on awesome summer apparel while you still have a chance to wear it!
The only real question is: share the bounty, or keep both for yourself?
Monday, June 25, 2012
Win a Chance to Rappel Down a Winnipeg Skyscraper in our Drop Zone Caption Contest!
Ever wanted to rappel 17 stories down the side of a building at portage and main? Does swinging past people at their desk jobs with the heart of Winnipeg sprawled below you sound like your kind of thing? Then have we got a contest for you!
If you've always dreamed of unleashing your inner James Bond, today is your lucky day! Every year the Easter Seals Drop Zone raises money for Manitobans with disabilities, giving those who raise $1500 or more a chance to rappel down the RBC Building at 220 Portage Ave. This year the Easter Seals and Wilderness Supply are teaming up to give away a Drop Zone spot to one lucky Winnipegger for free!
Entering is easy--just head on over to our facebook page, and write a caption for this photo from last year's event. Leave your entry as a comment, and be sure to tell all your friends to 'like' your caption - the entry with the most likes by 6:00 Monday, July 2 will automatically win!
Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to participate in the Drop Zone. The event takes place August 16th in Winnipeg (August 17th rain date).
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Winnipeg Theft Leaves Kayak Racers High and Dry
Early morning phone calls almost always mean bad news.
In this case, the call in question was from Winnipeg kayaker Darwin, and the news was a report of two stolen kayaks.
Earlier this year we had sold Darwin and his friend Ben new high-end performance sea kayaks, each worth over $3500. The white and yellow boats were an investment – the men were training to paddle the Yukon River Quest, the world’s longest annual canoe and kayak race. The marathon event draws paddlers from all around the world to race day and night the 715 kilometers from Whitehorse to Dawson, and is a one-in-a-lifetime challenge most competitors plan for years.
And it starts in one week.
Darwin and Ben were supposed to leave at 6:00 this morning to drive across the country for race start on June 27th. Last night they lashed their boats on top of their car, packed their gear and went to bed. This morning the boats were gone.
Two 17-foot sea kayaks are not easy things to hide, and the Winnipeg paddle community is a small one. Wilderness Supply has offered Darwin and Ben replacement kayaks to borrow for the duration of the race, but we are hopeful those responsible for the theft can be caught and their original boats recovered. Please watch for anyone attempting to sell a yellow or white Current Designs Caribou sea kayak. A reward is being offered, and any leads or information can be directed to the Winnipeg police non-emergency number, 204-986-6222. Help us get our guys back on the water. They deserve to race, and deserve to do so in the kayaks they purchased.
A Current Designs Caribou Kayak (stock image)
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The Tree Climbs Denali
We've been to the top of the world!
Well... the top of North America, at least.
We've been following Adam MacDonald for the last three weeks as he worked to summit the highest mountain in North America, Mt McKinley (also known as Denali). Adam is now home safe and sound, with great pictures to prove it (complete with 'snotsickles,' he was quick to point out). It's not every day the tree logo gets to scale so high.
Congratulations, Adam - and thanks for taking us along for the ride!
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