Backpacker Names 2006 Editors' Choice Awards Winners for Best New Outdoor Gear and Essentials; This Year's Winners of the Outdoor Industry's Most Coveted Awards Detailed in April Issue of Backpacker, on Newsstands This Week.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Fifteen innovative outdoor products have been selected by the editors of Backpacker magazine as 2006 recipients of the 13th annual Backpacker Editors' Choice Awards, the most prestigious honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. in the outdoor product industry. The awards are featured in the new (April) issue of Backpacker, on newsstands this week. The Backpacker Editors' Choice Awards, bestowed annually since 1993, honor the products that Backpacker editors have chosen as the best of the year based on months of trail testing by teams of highly experienced hikers and climbers This list of climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities. The list also includes boulderers and ice climbers. . This year's honorees, which were ultimately determined after a final six-day test trip in southern Utah's Glen Canyon, also include two Backpacker Editors' Choice Gold Awards for time-tested favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. , as well as one Backpacker Editors' Choice Green Award for eco-friendly eco-friendly adj → ecológico eco-friendly adj → non nuisible à or qui ne nuit pas à l'environnement eco-friendly adj breakthroughs. The 15 products that made this year's list each stood out for redefining its product category through outstanding design, materials and/or performance. With no set categories for individual awards and no set number of recipients, the products and the testing process drive the award categories. The Backpacker Editors Choice Award winners for 2006 are:
ARC'TERYX Naos 55 pack Mountain Hardwear torch jacket
Brunton MY-Ti folding spork MSR Mutha Hubba tent
GoLite Xirtam jacket Petzl Tikka XP headlamp
Jetboil GCS cooking system Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil dry sacks
L.L. Bean Bigelow mountain pack The North Face Diad jacket
Marmot Aeolos 2P dome tent Timberland Cadion waterproof
mid GTX XCR boots
The Backpacker Editors' Choice Gold Award winners were The North Face Cat's Meow sleeping bag and Tabasco, while the Backpacker Editors' Choice Green Award went to the Patagonia Common Threads Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. Program. "This year's Editors' Choice Award winners have emerged out of the most rigorous testing process in our space," said Editor-In-Chief Jonathan Dorn. "Our test team looked at more than 50 new products this year, and spent hundreds of days evaluating the gear on trails from Alaska to the Alps. What sets the award winners apart are great innovation, value, and dependability dependability - software reliability ." "We go to great lengths in testing for one simple reason: we want our readers to enjoy their time outdoors. When they pick up the magazine, they know they can count on our awards and product reviews--we're out there suffering so they don't have to." The Backpacker Editors' Choice Awards are the gold standard against which all outdoor products are measured, and are a seal of approval that can help put an outdoor company or product on the proverbial pro·ver·bi·al adj. 1. Of the nature of a proverb. 2. Expressed in a proverb. 3. Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous. map. Each year, retail buyers use these awards as a must-buy shopping list, knowing that their customers will be asking for these same products in the spring. Since their inception in 1993, the Backpacker Editors' Choice Awards have come to be regarded as the most sought-after award for outdoor equipment and apparel found in the industry. The impeccable im·pec·ca·ble adj. 1. Having no flaws; perfect. See Synonyms at perfect. 2. Incapable of sin or wrongdoing. [Latin impecc outdoor credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. and rigorous field-testing standards of the Backpacker staff guarantee that these awards are an undisputed mark of quality for the companies and products selected. All winners excelled under extensive field-testing conducted by Backpacker's team of editors, who take hundreds of new products every year into the backcountry back·coun·try n. A sparsely inhabited rural region. to put them to the test. This rigorous process ensures that the performance of the winners is truly worthy of distinction and meets the guiding principle behind the program: gear that is of real value to the readers of Backpacker magazine, who are very active, long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. outdoor enthusiasts. Complete reviews of each of Backpacker 2006 Editors' Choice Award winners are featured in the April issue of Backpacker, on sale at newsstands everywhere this week About Backpacker: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and it's the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking hiking Walking, often among hills or mountains, as recreational sport. It represents an activity in its own right and also figures in backpacking, camping, hunting, mountaineering, and orienteering. trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's six regional editions offer accessible, close-to-home getaways with detailed, tear-out maps to dozens of nearby hikes, as well as practical tips on day hikes, camping and the best gear information available. This combination provides outdoors enthusiasts with the tools they need to make active outdoor travel and backcountry experiences an everyday reality. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured. Published by Rodale Inc., Backpacker has a circulation of 325,000 and is published 9 times a year. Backpacker's companion web site, www.backpacker.com, is updated daily and features more than 30,000 hikes, a searchable and comprehensive database of outdoor gear with reviews (www.gearfinder.com), a special section for female hikers, and an all-new map and GPS center. |
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