Rick Crawford Patagonia has an incredible story from how it was founded to why “Patagonia” is the company’s namesake. Yvon Chouinard initially started making climbing pitons that could be used over and over again, therefore causing less damage when climbing and an environmental ethos was born. In 1968, Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Dick Dorworth and Chris…
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Tails of the South Pacific: Part 2
By: Rick Crawford Tails of the South Pacific: Part 1 left off with my wife and I leaving the beautiful island of Moorea and taking the ferry back to Tahiti. While there were no “tails” in Part 1, Rangiroa is an entirely different story. They have plenty of exotic species and monster bonefish, so come…
Tails of the South Pacific: Part 1
By: Rick Crawford “The South Pacific…The Isles of Enchantment.” At least that’s what the poster said that I found while browsing in a store as a college freshmen. I was looking for posters to cover my walls when I found a vintage travel poster of the South Pacific, which hangs on my wall some seventeen…
