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AMBASSADOR STORY

This week, Goal Zero ambassador Eric Larsen shares his adventure exclusively with the GZnation. December 22, 2012, Cycle South Expedition Journal Entry: “I suppose at some point in the future, I will look back on today and smile – the effect of time and distance having fully pared down my memory to a few mildly amusing vignettes, but until then I am rooted in the here and now, staring across one of the most remote and inhospitable places in the entire world with a goal I’m not sure I’ll be able to achieve.” Antarctica. Even on a good day it … Continue reading

My Favorite Hike

Eric Larsen, one of our GOAL ZERO ambassadors, has been graciously feeding us his expedition journal. Below please find his most recent entry. “I have been in Nepal for over one month and at base camp for nearly three weeks. Each morning I wake up and look down the Khumbu valley. To my left the lower ice fall; my right Pumori. It is a stunning view and one that I have yet to tire of. We are starting to make summit plans although much depends on the weather. The ‘boys’ left for Camp 2 today and hopefully the South Col … Continue reading

Eight Days ’till Nepal

Our favorite Polar Explorer is at it again. Eric Larsen, Save the Poles, is quickly making some last minute preparations for his Everest ascent. Taking with him some of our GOAL ZERO gear he will be powered all the way along. Here is what Eric has to say… “I suppose the best place to start is the beginning, but neither one of us have that kind of time. Instead, I’ll forgo some of the more mundane details and skip to the past week or so. I’m down to the wire in terms of Everest preparations (and the usual funding gaps … Continue reading