Vendor discounts & demo gear
Clients are entitled to discounts with preferred vendors and can borrow free demo gear for their trip, if they’d like to try before they buy or if they’d like to experiment with something new.
Product discounts
Approved for 2020 season
- 40% off AndrewSkurka.com
- 20% off Greenbelly
- 20% off GaiaGPS using this link
- 25% off Gossamer Gear
- 10% off Mountain Laurel Designs
- 20% off Trail Designs
- 20% off Ultralight Adventure Equipment (ULA)
- 40% off Ultimate Direction
- 15% off Warbonnet Outdoors
2019 discounts, pending 2020 approval
- 20% off Hammock Gear
- 25% off Headsweats
- 40% off Sierra Designs
Free product
- Signed copy of my book, The Ultimate Hiker’s Gear Guide ($20 value)
- 6-month Basic subscription to CalTopo ($10 value)
- 2-month Premium subscription to GaiaGPS ($7 value)
- Yosemite High Route Guide or Pfiffner Traverse Guide ($25 value)
Demo gear
This is a free program. Sign-ups are on a first-come-first-serve basis. When reservations are ready, you will be sent instructions in an email.
Backpacks
- Hanchor Marl
- Hyperlight Mountain Gear Southwest 3400
- Osprey Exos and Levity
- Sierra Designs Flex Capacitor (4x)
- ULA Ohm and Circuit
Sleeping bags and pads
- Big Agnes Insulated AXL Air (2x)
- Sierra Designs Cloud, Nitro, and Backcountry Quilt (6x)
- Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite
Shelters
- Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL3
- Mountain Laurel Designs SoloMid (2x), Grace Tarp Duo, plus Innernets (2x) and Superlight Bivies (2x)
- Warbonnet Outdoors Blackbird, Blackbird XLC, Eldorado, and Ridgerunner systems (hammock + tarp + underquilt)
Stoves
- Trail Designs Caldera Cone System (8x)
- Upright and remote canisters stoves from Kovea and MSR