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Yeti Cycles Makes Socially Conscious Moves – Will No Longer Use “Tribe” to Describe Community

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This week Yeti Cycles announced that they would no longer use the word ‘Tribe’ to characterize their community. This decision comes in the wake of many brands and sports teams reconsidering their choice of language which may be inappropriate, racist, or offensive. Related: Surge in Mountain Bike Sales and Trail Use as Pandemic Continues In a public statement made on […]

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Spencer Cox | July 17, 2020
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Friday Fun: Yeti Hunting Declassified by US Government

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When thinking of the Himalayas, Everest and mountain climbing often come to mind for most, and for a few, images of the Yeti or Abominable Snowman are conjured up. While never proven, the legend of the Yeti has its roots in Western popular culture as far back as the eighteenth century. Many indigenous peoples and visiting mountaineers have reported strange […]

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Jesse Cassidy | October 19, 2018
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Nepal Begins Huge National Cleanup Campaign to Remove the Tons of Trash Littering Mount Everest

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With the increasing popularity of climbers looking to climb Mount Everest each and every spring climbing season, trash has become a serious problem. Often, climbers leave items like empty oxygen bottles, discarded food cans and torn tents in an attempt to save weight, and in turn conserve energy at the oxygen-starved altitude. But like any trash, it soon piles up, […]

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Steven Agar | March 21, 2018
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