Gregory’s George McCloskey is our go-to customer service guru. He almost knows as much about the packs as Wayne Gregory himself and much more about the day-to-day deal at Gregory. When a customer or a dealer has a question, George is the man. That’s him on the right: I asked him for a headshot, he sent me a faceshot…
Ask George: Do you have any cool Gregory stickers and will you give them to me?
George: Yes. We have var-i-ety of sweet designs that come and go, kind of limited edition. I’m here for you, baby…send me an email and I’ll send you some stickers: gmc <a> gregorypacks.com.
Send us a pic of where you stick your stickers and we’ll stick it up on Gregorygoesthere.com
Like an 18-year-old grabbing their high school diploma, kissing their parents good-bye and jumping into the jalopy for a big dose of well-earned freedom, Gregory has reached a milestone and busted a move.
After more than 20 years working out of the Inland Empire capital of California, Gregory has moved it’s world headquarters from Temecula, CA to the big city of Sacramento, CA. The move puts us within spitting distance of the Sierra’s. The new office is very sweet and was done with super sustainable designs and concepts (more on that later).
“With access to outdoor activities, a vibrant city with cultural and arts offerings, good schools and two universities, Sacramento makes sense for Gregory as a place that more accurately reflects the values of the company and its employees. It also will help the company retain existing employees and attract new ones, as well as provide a home base that is more in line with employee lifestyles.”
So there. We’ll be hosting an open house in the next couple of weeks and you’re all invited! More news soon.
A day trip to La Saladita, Mexico with the Z-30.
Where do you go with Gregory?
Day 2 of filming with Joe Kinder, Gregory climbing athlete, found us mid day heading south from Hurricane, Utah following a great morning bouldering session. We exited the freeway at Mesquite, Nevada and headed east on a dirt road that lead us into Arizona. Joshua Trees, large cacti and some emaciated cattle were all we saw for miles. Our destination; Lime Kiln Wall, which as it’s name implies is a limestone wall with ultra sharp rock. The wall is a beautiful wave of a wall, with sport routes so plentiful that you’d need a week to climb the bulk of them.
While Joe and his girl friend Colette hung out and got ready to climb the lookers left opposing wall in the picture above, Derek (from Piton Productions) and I scampered up some easy 5th class in a tree/bush filled gully to reach the top of the crag where we’d be filming. The top of the main wall was a complete choss pile and since the rock was so sharp we didn’t lower down too far for fear of having the rope cut as we jugged back up. We got some great video as well as a couple of good images of Joe and Collete climbing the 2 pitch route. Although the route was only rated in the low 12’s Joe said it was spicy enough to have him thinking he may peel off near the top of the second pitch. It was cool to watch while perched on a ledge just below the top of the adjacent cliff.
After filming was done Derek jugged up, we rapped down the gully (always easier going up 5th class stuff than going down) and headed back into Nevada. We stocked up at the Circle K and headed out for Vegas. Along the way the sunset was absolutely awesome so on a whim Derek and I pulled over so he could get some time lapse. I expected him to hike over to this side hill but he set up right out of the trunk of his car on the shoulder. Sketch factor was higher than that 5th class gully we had climbed and descended.
But the view was amazing.
Gregory climbing athlete Joe Kinder is one of a kind. A lot like that 007 guy.
A couple weeks back leading up to the Red Rock Rendezvous I was along with Derek from Piton Productions as we filmed Joe making the trek from his current pad in Hurricane, Utah to the RRR just outside of Vegas.
We’ll be posting a full video of the 3 day adventure but just for kicks Derek threw together this little clip of Joe being, well, Joe.
Stay tuned for the full meal deal.
