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PATAGONIA™ by PANDORA'S
BACKPACK
920 North West Bond Street in downtown Bend
Oregon
541-382-6694 or email
PandorasBackpack
Patagonia™ by Pandora's Backpack is the exclusive full service
Central Oregon store for high quality Patagonia™ outdoor clothing and gear.
Patagonia™ Committed to the Soul of the Sport
There is much
to be gained from living life outside, in near and far away places, when the
outcome is a gamble and the warm flush of adrenaline is the only guarantee. This
is the soul of the sport: wild, free and introspective, continually bringing us
into the boundaries of our physical and mental limitations; sport allows us to
know ourselves better, all the time. Our commitment to sport has come to include
the many passions of fellow employees and friends, from climbing to surfing to
trail running: Alpine Climbing, Yoga, Fly Fishing, Skiing/Boarding, Trail
Running, Paddling, Rock Climbing, Mountain Biking, Surfing (and stylin' round
town.)
Patagonia™ Committed to Uncommon Culture
We prefer the
human scale to the corporate, vagabonding to tourism, the quirky and lively to
the toned down and flattened out. We used to call our own world of alpinists and
surfers a dirtbag culture: of temp jobs and long summers; of foraged meals and
tribal travel that followed the seasons, from summer climbs in Yosemite to
Baja’s winter surfbreaks to spring kayaking. And if many of us now work more
than we climb, and care more for our families than for bumming about, we still
sound our appeal to the dirtbag within, the need for the wild dirtbag spirit to
survive in our e’d-out culture.
Patagonia™ Committed to Environmental
Action
Our definition of quality includes a mandate for building products
and working with processes that cause the least harm to the environment. We
evaluate raw materials, invest in innovative technologies, rigorously police our
waste and use a portion of our profits to support groups working to make a real
difference. We acknowledge that the wild world we love best is disappearing.
That is why those of us who work here share a strong commitment to protecting
undomesticated lands and waters. We believe in using business to inspire
solutions to the environmental crisis.
Pandora's Backpack opened May 2, 2003 in Saint Claire Place, a new building in historic downtown Bend. This website will guide you to the store and give you a feel for the quality Patagonia™ outdoor clothing and gear for women, men and kids.
The owners are Rod and Katie Bien. Rod Bien is an ultra long distance runner who completed the 2004 Western States 100 in 23:00:46. Rod, Katie and their staff know their high quality light and fast gear and clothing. As parents of toddlers, Rod and Katie also know great outdoor clothing for kids.
Rod and Katie have pledged 1% of sales to the preservation and restoration of the
natural environment.
Locals will know that the store is next door to the big blue awning of Bend Map on Bond Street, one block south of Deschutes Brewery and two blocks north of McMenamins Old St. Francis School Hotel.
Website created for our friends Rod and Katie Bien by TraditionalMountaineering.org
Copyright© 2003 - 2010 by Robert Speik. All Rights Reserved.
The rest of the story:
Rod and Katie held an open house with Patagonia Ambassador
athlete guests and friends from Bend and beyond. We took these candid photos
with our Nikon 4300 at the Reception. The Grand Opening Flyer is linked above.
This one page website has now been replaced with a more
"professional" Patagonia web page. We still like this one, but you be the judge!
Go to the official website
Patagonia by Pandoras Backpack.
--Webmeister Speik
Read more . . .
Pandora's Backpack
Patagonia
YOUR ESSENTIAL SUMMIT PACK
What are the new Ten Essential Systems?
What does experience tell us about Light and Fast climbing?
What is the best traditional alpine mountaineering summit pack?
What is Light and Fast alpine climbing?
What do you carry in your day pack?
Photos?
What do you carry in your winter day pack?
Photos?
What should I know about "space blankets"?
Where can I get a personal and a group first aid kit?
Photos? YOUR LITE AND FAST BACKPACK
Which light backpack do you use for winter and summer?
Analysis
pdf
What would you carry in your backpack to climb Shasta or Adams?
What is the best traditional alpine mountaineering summit pack?
Photos of lite gear packed for a multi day approach to spring and summer summits
Backpack lite gear list for spring and summer alpine mountaineering
4 pdf pages ESSENTIAL PERSONAL GEAR
What does Steve House wear for light and fast climbing?
What clothing do you wear for Light and Fast winter mountaineering?
What do you carry in your winter day pack?
Photos?
Which digital camera do you use in the mountains?
What about Boots and Shoes?
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
How did you become interested in traditional mountaineering techniques?
Who is Reinhold Messner?
What is traditional slacklining or highlining?
What are some of the comments you have received?
Who was Peter Starr?
Who are the Mazamas?
What is an avalanche cord?
Who were the notorious Vulgarians?
How was top rope climbing practiced in the 1970s?
What is a Whillans sit harness?
What is a dulfersitz rappel?
How do I self-belay a rappel?
