Gregory Goes There

When it comes to gear testing, it’s good to get a variety of perspectives - from recreational users to folks who put stuff through the wringer in instense situations. Right now, Gregory’s packs are undergoing an extended test up at Primal Quest in and around Big Sky, Mont.

For the last seven years, Primal Quest has been one of the bigger events in adventure racing, and the biggest such endurance race in North America. Gregory has been the pack sponsor for Team DART-nuun for a number of years, thanks to Gregory northwest sales rep Dave Egan and his team, who recognized a talented team of racers a few years back and worked to get Gregory packs on the teams’ backs.

That relationship has grown, and for the last three years Team DART-nuun has been giving Gregory’s designers feedback from their experiences on pack features, design and durability, all as relates to the intense world of adventure racing. The last few years, the Iso has been favorite for the crew.

Meanwhile, in Montana, the race is on. Right now, in day two of a race that can take up to 10 days, Team DART-nuun, led by Founder and Team Captain Cyril Jay-Rayon, is in seventh place out of 53 teams still in game. The Primal Quest site keeps pretty good tabs on its leaderboard as teams go through frequent checkpoints during the race. Check it out over the next few days to see how teams are faring.