First Ascent has partnered with the following companies and organizations because they share our spirit of adventure and love of the outdoors.
The hub of physical, cultural and nature-based adventure travel, this Web-based resource provides easy, reliable access to invaluable information for travelers. Adventure.Travel, made possible by the Adventure Travel Trade Association, is your guide to finding high-quality, trusted tour operators from around the globe, plus news from the field and compelling content on a host of topics, including the where, when and how to's of adventure travel, from trekking to bicycling to voluntourism worldwide.
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In 1931 Airstream began with a dream to create lightweight travel trailers that slipped cleanly though the wind. And with it was born another dream, one of new freedoms, new places, new experiences, and new friendships. With its timeless exterior design and its modern interior luxury, Airstream has inspired thousands upon thousands of adventures worldwide.
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"The mission of the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum is to inspire in our visitors a greater appreciation for the mountains and for mountaineering, in all of its facets…to help in the cause to preserve the mountains and the history of mountaineering; to educate our visitors and…enhance their enjoyment and safety in the mountains." It’s located in Golden, Colorado.
Leave No Trace is a national and international program to help outdoor enthusiasts reduce their impacts when recreating outdoors. The program strives to educate all those who enjoy the outdoors about the nature of their recreational impacts as well as techniques to prevent and minimize such impacts. It is an educational and ethical program, not a set of rules and regulations.
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America’s leading independent documentary film festival. Its mission: "Mountainfilm is dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining." The festival includes a full-day symposium on a pressing contemporary issue such as water (2008), food (2009) and species extinction (2010).
The largest mountain-guide service in the U.S. "Safety is our number one priority. RMI guides draw from their wealth of mountain knowledge, experience and training to make sound decisions that improve your chance of reaching the summit while maintaining the necessary margin of safety." Co-owner Peter Whittaker heads up the guide team that built the Eddie Bauer First Ascent mountaineering gear.
Sales and rentals of high-quality mountaineering gear. "Having Mount Rainier in our backyard, gives us countless opportunities to wear and test the gear we sell on a daily basis. Our staff has spent many nights on the mountain and would love the opportunity to share our experiences with those who are looking to climb Mount Rainier or other mountains around the world."
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