Despite the draw of Big Sky Country, busy is a blessing so when I’m in Bozeman I spend most of my time under the lights in the GORUCK Garage. It’s a vicious cycle of late mornings and later nights that inevitably leads to an empty factory. Aka the perfect time to crank the tunes and …
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The Philosophy of More and the Philosophy of Magic in Bozeman, Montana
Jack is an artist, and a lover of beauty. Ask him and he’ll show you in a song or a poem, a dance or a serenade. Shakespeare is never out of the question, and neither is Buffalo Bill. Yup, that Buffalo Bill. You never know what you’re gonna get other than a smile and a …
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 …