After a long break, we’ve heard you. NC will return this December in full force with new content, new writers, new gear lists, and more of everything you’ve loved. NC

This past June Cullen Marriott and Jef Price, the Co-Founders of this fantastic site (if we don’t refer to it that way we’ll get fired), attended a event for Land Rovers held at The Wilds in Cumberland Ohio.  Read more »

Well it’s been a fun ride, but folks, like the song says times, they are a changing. NecessaryCool has been a great site to be a part of and thousands of you have been out there promoting us, slapping stickers on the bumpers of your neighbors cars, sharing stories and links with us through Facebook and Twitter, meeting up with us at events, local shops, and even contributing to our vast and growing site, but it’s time for more.

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So despite the last minute change of plans Oregon turned out great.  We began our hike at Eagle Creek and went a quick 7 and a half miles to our first camp site. I was really surprised by the terrain there. Having never been to the northwest before I thought it would just be like all the other forests, evergreen trees and plants, but here its more like a rain forest/jungle. There were tons of waterfalls throughout Eagle Creek and more ferns then you can imagine and moss covered just about every inch of everything in sight.  Day 2 we planned on heading towards a place called Tanner Butte but as we got 6 miles down the trail it completely died, we tried looking for the trail for a while but ended up having to turn around and go back to the same camp. Oh and did I mention it was raining the whole time…day and night.

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The lack of posts recently has concerned many of you fine readers. Sorry about that. The NC staff has across the board been experiencing women issues. So cut us some slack. NC

J. Rickwald and Lucas Melendez have returned from the first trip on their massive adventure. Yosemite went well and now the next adventure begins. Their 40 day tour is sponsored by NecessaryCool, Teva, Nau, Osprey, and BaseCampX.

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As a regular reader of NC you’ll already know that we’re planning/sponsoring a rather large upcoming trip led by J. Rickwald. Along with Teva and Osprey, industry leaders Base Camp X & Nau have signed on to sponsor our journey through 8 states and over 5000 miles. We want to thank everyone involved in this effort. BCX creator of fine woods tools, and Nau designers of high end sustainable apparel are perfect teammates for this journey. NC

About a month ago a good friend of ours Chase Adams contacted us regarding his Brother in laws ambitions to backpack with a friend (Lucas Melendez) on an expedition that would take them hiking through 5 states and traveling across 8 states and over 5000 miles, all in about 30 days. Yeah you read that right. Lofty goals? Yes. And when Jef asked about that goal, he was told by expedition leader Jonathan Rickwald, “our view is go big, or go home.”

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Big thanks to Meredith for doing a fantastic job on this design, the first run of sticker will be around in a few weeks. To request your limit run sticker, we’ll be giving a limited amount away to our followers on Twitter, and the rest will be given out at local venues. NC

We’ve been working on involving independent artists as a part of our site, and we’ve been working with some of the coolest artists around to come up with our first limited run sticker design. Later today, we’ll be announcing the first design (available soon) by our first designer, Meredith Rhea, later today. Check out her work on her website and you can also follow her on Twitter. NC