The Built Tour is currently on hiatus, and we have transferred our blogging efforts to a new space.
Built For The Mountain Life is the title and focus of our new blog. Find out where we have been, what our ambassadors are doing, what events we are involved with, and more. This is a great way to keep up with Mountain Khakis and find out what it means to be Built For The Mountain Life.
Enjoy your weekend!
The first Australian and professional kayaker to join the MK Ambassador ranks, Jez Blanchard brings a wealth of success and bit of personality to the mix (the 'notes' section of his application was answered: 'don't eat the yellow snow'). The Sydney-based paddler is a four-time Australian National Champion, and has had huge success in World Cup and World Championship events in 2006, taking 2nd in one, and placing in the top 10 in others.
In addition, Jez is also a member of the NSW Riot Squad. In other words, he's an amphibious butt-kicker, putting people to shame on both land and water.
Of all the places he's never been, the top three he'd like to someday see include the waterfalls in Norway, the 'big waves' of Uganda, and the Chocolate Factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Be sure to read the rest of Jez' profile and read about the rest of Jackson Kayaks: website, blog, team.
Well, hopefully no one out there is too disappointed at the lack of activity on the Built Tour website. But, for those that have been anxiously awaiting it's revival, wait no more... I am currently working on a mastermind plan to help share some of the pressure of posting in hopes that more people posting will lead to more posts (seems logical!).
As for MK, we've been super, super busy around here ramping up our efforts to take the world by storm. Some new colors for the fall worth checking out, and some new stuff for the spring that will surely be a big hit. Pants, pants, pants.
This next week, most of the MK team will be in Las Vegas for the MAGIC trade show where we'll be making our first appearance. Good times ahead!
Please check out the link to the newest Built Tour video, composed, edited, and cut by ZKnight. Starring the usual suspects, it shows a glimpse of what the last year has been like. Unfortunately, the ability to embed the video straight to the blog has been forbidden, so you'll have to follow the link to youtube.com.
Enjoy!
Congrats to Garrett from the MK Customer Service team who sent out this email to the entire company earlier today:
"From: Garrett Jenkins
To: Mountain Khakis
Subject: Global Thanks
How many of you have been globally thanked in a blog before?"
http://jfridlington.livejournal.com/
(Garrett at his MK Command Center)
While everyone returns to work next week following the celebration of our Nation's Birthday, Climbin' Kyle will be getting set to take Ann Arbor by storm at the National Championships of climbing. Having placed 1st in speed and 3rd in difficulty at Regionals, we're hoping he brings home a National Championship. We asked Kyle to share his experience from Regionals with us... pease read on to enjoy a great insight into the mind of a young, up-and-coming competitor.
For those of you who are fans of American Football and have no idea what Soccer (futbol) is...or those of you who are fans of soccer and could care less about football...or for those of you who love sports and the specific sport doesn't matter, this video is for you. Two worlds collide. Here are two of the best in the world gaining a new found respect for each other. David Beckham meets Reggie Bush. Reggie Bush meets David Beckham. Football meets Futbol.
Thanks to our friends at Backcountry.com for pointing this bad-boy out. In the words of MK Marketing Manager Shannon Hamby, "File this one under why didn't we think of that?" Also may file this one in the same category as 'Manpris'... cut for those too hot to wear pants but too cool to wear shorts.
Story on the newest, manliest (?) fashion in workwear HERE.
The top women's rafting team in the US heads out today for Korea to comete in the World Rafting Championships. This group of hardcore-ladies from Colorado has just revamped their website, so be sure to check that out and keep up with their blog. Best of luck to the team as they make final preparations to take the world by storm. USA, USA, USA.
This is the life on one mountain girl...
We got to Scotland for the World Championship and none of our stuff showed up. It was the biggest headache to track it down and make sure it got there in time to be able to race. Luckily we got it with 
about 6 hours to spare. So the race started on Rum Island. It was so beautiful the first day and we did about 14,ooo vertical feet. It was crazy. Then the cold and rain started and never really stopped till the last day. We covered 65,000 vertical feet in the next 5 days. It was intense. All the hiking was either strait up or strait down. And did I mention that it rained. I was so cold. I had to get treated for hypothermia. My temp was 88. But I bounced back and kept racing. I had wet hair and feet for the whole race. I can say that I almost didn't want to take a shower after the race. The thought
of being wet was just horrible. I had to swim in Loch Ness, which is only
40 degrees, which also put me into a state of udder coldness. It also just happened to be the same day there was a Nessie sighting. You can get on cnn.com and check it out. You can also go to youtube.com and look up adventure racing world 2007 and see lots of pics and video of the race and interview. It is pretty cool. The last day of the race we hiked Den Nevis, the highest mountain in all of the UK.
I am glad it is over but I also like pushing myself past my limits. We finished 8th, which I am happy about. This was the hardest race I have ever done in terms of cold and suffering through the elements. It was also the most competitive field ever in any adventure race. Sweet!!
I am off to France in two weeks to compete on an all girls team for Salomon.
It is a 5 day stage race and I am super excited to go and race. Luckily my mountain life takes me to other mountains all over the world.
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