Features
Ice Ice Beta Podcast: On Making Technical Apparel in the U.S. with Bill Amos
Bill sits down with Aaron Gerry of Ice Ice Beta to discuss our roots as NW Alpine, Bill's deep desire for hardship in the mountains, manufacturing apparel in the U.S. and the struggles that follow,...
Community
Rapunzel's Back In Rehab: Deranged PNW Big Wall Climbing
Tower Rock, located two hours from just about anything remained virtually untouched until 2015, when a small group of NW local climbers consisting of Eric “Ivan” Linthwaite, Bill Coe, and Geoff Sil...
Community
Brain Freeze: The Intersection of Water + Flow State By Joe Kalis
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...
Features
Fourteen Years of the Black Spider Hoody
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...
Manufacturing
US Textile and Sewn Products Manufacturing is in Trouble
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...
Manufacturing
What We Believe
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...
Manufacturing
The Promises we Make
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...
Expedition
Way Off the Map in NE India
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...
Expedition
Steve Elder - The Talisman WI5-6, M6 Ouray, Colorado
Steve Elder report on climbing The Talisman WI5-6, M6 in Ouray, Colorado