I love drinking beers with my buddies, and I love talking gear. “Photo shoots” — not so much, but we’ve gotten some requests for sizing pics. So we brought enough beer to kill a small army and took over some random red barn outside some random brick building in Bozeman. And here’s how it went. …
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Building GR1’s in Bozeman, Montana
GR1 takes 3.5 hours of labor to build. Per GR1 — and that’s when it’s done efficiently by sewers who have spent months learning how to do it. We often get asked what machine spits GR1’s out. Before we got into manufacturing, I would have asked the same question. I also would have wanted to …
Summer 2011 in Bozeman
GORUCK Warehouse Summer 2011, Bozeman, Montana
We opened GRWH this summer, the process of which is similar to moving into a new house before the movers come. Except we’re the movers and we didn’t have any furniture yet. Luckily, though, we have friends in Bozeman who have been sewing for decades who now work for GORUCK. Things can be bought, but …
A Flag Found in Ohio
Old-fashioned ages really well. Something new, something shiny, never has the same stories to tell. So as I was back in Ohio, digging around my dad’s basement, an Annin flag from the 1960’s caught my eye. The flag had belonged to my grandparents before they passed, and now it hangs, with pride, in the GORUCK …
Beering at the Bowl, Bozeman, Montana
The Bowl is an establishment grounded in co-dependency. While officially spares and strikes are the main draw, we cannot imagine any part of that experience separate from its mandatory predecessor: beering. A new rule can feel inspired when born of honest intent. In this case, beer in the left hand, bowling with the right. When …