Williston, Vermont (Mtn Press)-Julbo is providing leading-edge mountaineering sunglasses for blind climbers from Foundation for Blind Children (FBC) for their Mt. Kilimanjaro expedition which departed June 20.

Dynafit Says, ‘What Recession?’ 

Boulder, Colo. (Mtn Press)-Dynafit continues to buck the current economic trend with impressive sales growth as the company prepares to ship its Fall ’09 preseason orders.   
 
Playing a key roll in the consistent sales growth is Dynafit’s new boot program from Montebelluna, Italy – which includes the brand’s new Alpine Crossover boots the Titan, the ZZeus, and the women’s Gaia - along with Editor’s Choice Award winning products like the Manaslu ski and FT12 binding.
 
“Our growth is due to the Dynafit brand leading the core of the backcountry ski market, while our products continue to set the bar higher with their industry-leading ‘no compromises’ design,” proudly states Tim Kelley, Dynafit Sales and Marketing Director.  “The Dynafit team has worked hard to spread this message over the years, and now it’s ringing loud and clear.”
 
The Boulder, Colorado office has been a beehive of activity preparing Fall ’09 deliveries to a record number of new dealers and doors - as boot and ski volumes overtake Dynafit’s well-known bindings as the biggest volume categories and drivers of share.
 
Colorado Wild’s Roadless Rage

Durango, Colo. (Mtn Press)-According to a release from Colorado Wild, “Although it is theoretically designed to protect Colorado’s backcountry forests, the proposed Colorado Roadless Rule could allow virtually unlimited logging and road building under the guise of fire risk reduction within 11/2 miles from homes and infrastructure.

A separate loophole could result in still further logging and road building farther into the backcountry if the area is identified in a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. These overly broad exemptions could allow more than 660,000 acres of roadless areas to be roaded and logged statewide, or 15% of Colorado’s 4.4 million acres of roadless National Forest lands.”

“Research has shown that this buffer far exceeds the necessary protections needed to safeguard homes or community infrastructure from fire,” says Rocky Smith, Forest Watch Director for Colorado Wild. “Logging in more remote areas – for example, areas beyond a 1/2 mile from communities – would not provide any protection for these communities. Road construction in these areas might even increase the probability of ignitions.”

So, how much treatment needs to be done around communities to provide a reasonable amount of protection from wildfire?

In an effort to help the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and the US Forest Service who are working on the Colorado Roadless Rule, Colorado Wild recently submitted a brief summary of research on the topic. That summary, and a supporting letter from CSU Forest Ecologist Dr. Bill Romme are available at:  www.coloradowild.org.