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Down the Indian Creek Rabbit Hole: An excerpt from ‘American Climber’
After El Capitan, my desire for wall climbing diminished. Perhaps it was growing older, or perhaps it was just my surroundings. The Black Canyon was no longer an hour away. Yosemite was no longer in my...
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The poet Maya Angelou said, “When you know better, you do better.” But despite everything we know about the tangible and intangible benefits of taking care of our working families, collectively, we...
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Tools for Dismantling Pipelines
A few months ago, I attended the book launch of Patagonia’s Tools for Grassroots Activists at Patagonia SoHo in New York City. The book launch fired me up and primed me to dig into the tools of the...
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Let My People Go Surfing
Ten years after its original publication, Penguin Books has released a completely revised and expanded edition of Yvon Chouinard’s classic memoir, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant...
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Mālama Honua: Hōkūle‘a’s Voyage of Hope – Part 3, New Zealand
As Hōkūle‘a continues the Worldwide Voyage, she weaves a global network of people devoted to the practice of Mālama Honua, to care for our island Earth. Last fall, several hundred greeted Hōkūle‘a as...
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Tracking Gobi Grizzlies
Today, we’re happy to share an excerpt from Douglas Chadwick’s new book, Tracking Gobi Grizzlies: Surviving Beyond the Back of Beyond, published by Patagonia Books. The following story appears in...
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Mālama Honua: Hōkūle‘a’s Voyage of Hope – Part 4, Right Direction
Since Hōkūleʻa was launched in 1975, we’ve seen that this magical vessel has the power to connect, inspire and transform communities and people. Carried upon her decks, Pacific peoples have revived the...
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Mālama Honua: Hōkūle‘a’s Voyage of Hope – Part 5, Long Live Hōkūleʻa
The wind is quiet. The waters, still. The only ripples are those following children on paddleboards making large, awestruck circles around the double-hulled sailing canoe Hōkūleʻa. Ti-leaf garlands...
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In Their Wake: A Journey From Tahiti to Hawai‘i
I wipe tears from my cheek just as an electrical charge pulses through my body. My eyes are immediately drawn to a blue streak of light that flashes between my bicep and forearm. I let go of the mast...
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The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands
The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands is the most colorful and complete book published on the most enduring souvenir ever invented: the Hawaiian shirt. The following excerpt is from chapter two,...
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Blood Memory
Excerpted from chapter one of The Voyage of the Cormorant—new edition now available in paperback. A two-week supply of food, water, and gear in dry bags fit neatly in the boat, and I secured my...
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How Can We Inspire Children to be Stewards of the Planet?
Patagonia has offered corporate-sponsored on-site child care since 1983. The Great Pacific Child Development Center, GPCDC for short, is where infants and children spend their days crawling, running,...
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Family Business: Weighing the Business Case
To support our families, Patagonia provides company-paid health care and sick time for all employees, paid maternity and paternity leave, access to on-site child care for employees at our headquarters...
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What Can Rich Sensory Experiences Teach Children?
Patagonia has offered corporate-sponsored on-site childcare since 1983. The Great Pacific Child Development Center, GPCDC for short, is where infants and children spend their days crawling, running,...
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Mālama Honua: Hōkūle‘a’s Voyage of Hope – Part 6, Tahiti
Patagonia Books is honored and excited to announce the official release of Malama Honua: Hokule’a – A Voyage of Hope by Jennifer Allen, with photographs by John Bilderback. This beautiful hardcover...
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First Ascent of the Hummingbird Ridge (1965)
In honor of the release of A Mountaineer’s Life by Allen Steck, Patagonia Books is pleased to share this excerpt from chapter eight. Camp II was a desperate and fearful place. We spent seven days...
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Why is Unstructured Play Crucial?
Patagonia has offered corporate-sponsored on-site childcare since 1983. The Great Pacific Child Development Center, GPCDC for short, is where infants and children spend their days crawling, running,...
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High Voltage
After an hour’s sleep, I wake to the sound of fat raindrops pelting the deck. The noise quickly escalates into a deafening torrent, and I push up off the settee and climb up the steps. Glancing at the...
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The Reward Of Risk: Building Confidence In Kids
Patagonia has offered corporate-sponsored on-site child care since 1983. The Great Pacific Child Development Center, GPCDC for short, is where infants and children spend their days crawling, running,...
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What’s at Stake Is the Future of Humankind: An Interview with Yvon Chouinard
“Forget Mars,” Yvon Chouinard said recently—although, come to think of it, he might have used a stronger f-word. Our founder was responding to a glib idea that comes up from time to time in...
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