Special Thanks to NEMO Equipment.....

Tim Here...

This week I would like to take a moment and spotlight NEMO Equipment....  The Company behind the innovative & well designed NEMO Tents.  A quick tour of NEMO's website reveals numerous awards for for doing what they do best... Making tents!

Here's a sampling...

- "Best All-Around Mountaineering tent" (Moki Tent:  Backpacker Magazine, January 2008)

- Top Honors in Rock & Ice Gear Guide (Moki Tent:  April 2008)

- "Coolest New Technology" (Morpho AR:  Backpacker Magazine, May 2007)

(Check them out in other postings on this Blog &/or on the 'net: http://www.nemoequipment.com/)

I mention all of this because, Kate Ketschek & the NEMO Team was completely generous in supplying us with our choice of tents to take to the Arctic.  Multiple Moki Tents (complete with accessories) & the Morpho AR were made available to us to demo, test & ultimately become comfortable with months before our departure.  This lead to familiarization (set-up & features) & complete confidence in our "mobile homes" & sleeping accommodations for the 6 weeks that we would spend in them. In the end, we chose a 3 person Moki & a 2 person Morpho AR to accommodate our crew and minimize volume within the kayaks.

All of this to say....  Thanks NEMO for stepping up and taking such wonderful care of us while up North!  Hat's off to the entire NEMO Equipment Staff for rock solid products and the willingness to take a trip to the Arctic in a kayak or four!