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THE JOY OF ADVENTURE SOLAR JUST GOT SMARTER
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SOLAR PANELS
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HOW SOLAR WORKS
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POWER PACKS
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VISITING BELIZE
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SOLAR GENERATORS
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TINY HOUSE, GIANT JOURNEY
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SOLAR KITS
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Q&A WITH
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LIGHTS
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RUGGED SPEAKERS
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ANGOLA
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ACCESSORIES
TRAVIS BURKE
JENNA SPESARD AND GUILLAUME DUTILH
CHRIS BURKARD
BRENDAN LEONARD
MAURY BIRDWELL AND ALEX HONNOLD
From solar projects in Angola and Tanzania to simply sneaking away from the office for a quiet night in the mountains- We make products that empower you to go anywhere and have the confidence that you’ll stay powered. So long as you keep dreaming of new places to go, new moments to capture and new ways to help those in need, we’ll keep making reliable power solutions that are innovative and easy to use. FIND ALL OUR PRODUCTS AT GOALZERO.COM
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Just this year, 12-year-old Lilliana Libecki conquered her final continent – Africa.
With a passion for adventure and humanitarian work inherited from her parents, Lilliana learned the joy of traveling comes from sharing culture, friendship and giving back to those you meet along the way. On this special trip to Africa and in addition to summiting Kilimanjaro, she organized her own giveback project. We supported Lilliana by sending six employees to install solar power and lights at the Kilimanjaro Kids’ Community. This is their story.
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“ I HOPE WHILE TRAVELING I CAN GIVE BACK TO THE PLANET AND PEOPLE IN SOME WAY TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE.” LILLIANA LIBECKI
Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, towers over the surrounding savanna at an impressive 19,341 feet. Lilliana Libecki, age 12, and her father, Mike Libecki, were five days into their summit push when they started the final leg of their ascent. After hours of hiking the faint glow from the horizon painted the mountainside and they were greeted by an unforgettable sunrise. As they reached the summit, emotions ran high and Mike and Lilliana embraced. This summit signified more than just a fatherdaughter adventure. At 12 years old, Lilliana had already been to six of the world’s continents; this summit celebrated the seventh. In her relatively few years, Lilliana has visited 16 countries and experienced their landscapes, people and cultures. “This whole thing was her idea. She planted the seed for this entire trip,” commented Mike. “Africa was her seventh continent, the last one she had to tick off the list, and she wanted to do Kilimanjaro.” The summit wasn’t the only objective of the trip, Lilliana dreamed of a giveback project. While planning the expedition the Libeckis ended up at the offices of World Wide Trekking (WWT). This adventure based company was also closely tied to Human Outreach Project (HOP), a humanitarian effort that endeavored to help the areas in which WWT would visit. Dean Cardinale, WWT and HOP founder, not only provided the logistics for the climb, he also owns an orphanage near the base of the mountain. After learning the Kilimanjaro Kids’ Community (KKC) was in need of power and lights, a plan to install Goal Zero solar
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systems was added to the itinerary. Dell® also joined in and sent multiple computers to help the children learn technical skills and further their education. Goal Zero not only wanted to support Lilliana’s project with equipment, we also wanted our employees to get their hands dirty and help make this dream a reality. Six Goal Zero and NRG employees met the expedition team as they descended Kilimanjaro. These two teams joined forces to provide over 1KW of solar power to the 13 beautiful children and caretakers who call the KKC home. “When we arrived at the Kids’ Community, they had minimal light in the dorm room; one in the kitchen and one in the eating area,” commented Stacie Larsen, a Goal Zero employee. “Structures on the grounds are connected by dirt paths and separated by a corn field and garden. When it got dark, these paths were close to pitch black.” Over the course of three days, the teams brought sustainable power and light to every building on the KKC premises, along with a local church and public school. “The next night when the kids headed off to bed my heart swelled knowing they each had their own little light, a lit dorm room, and security gate,” continued Larsen. “The animal caretaker also got light and power in his humble room next to the chickens and goat pen. He can now gather eggs in the morning without fear of being surprised by a snake roaming in from the corn field for an egg feast.” The KKC wasn’t at all what our team expected. Each of the children, ranging from 5 to 14, is well
ABOVE: LILLIANA MAKES HER WAY TOWARD THE SUMMIT OF KILIMANJARO. LEFT: MIKE AND LILLIANA TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF AFRICA. PHOTOS BY KEITH LADZINSKI.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE KILIMANJARO KIDS’ COMMUNITY; GOAL ZERO TEAM MEMBERS WORK TO INSTALL PANELS, BATTERIES AND LIGHTS; LILLIANA GIVING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KKC’S NEWLY ACQUIRED LAPTOPS.
cared for and live as brothers and sisters. Many of them had a very difficult start to life but now they’re flourishing. They’re eager to learn, work hard and play hard. They grow their own food and are learning English, an invaluable skill in a country where tourism rules. They are looked after by several “mamas” who work tirelessly to provide food, order, attention, and love to this unique family. The family atmosphere within the premises makes everyone feel at home, and the stark contrast from dark to light was immediately evident. The children can study into the night, safely navigate to the bathroom in the dark, and know their home is safe. The music heard from the kitchen to the corral brings smiles to the workers, and the power for their newly donated computers brings knowledge of the world to this little village in the middle of nowhere. When all was said and done, the team left the 6
smiling children behind and Lilliana’s dream of empowering the community was fulfilled. “It can only be hoped that one, some, or all of these children find paths to success. That their education takes them to heights thought previously unattainable,” said David Rosner, another Goal Zero employee. “The success of one educated passionate child permeates into the community, creates a ripple that sets a new standard of living. Over the years enough ripples make a wave that changes the entire way of life for a neighborhood, village, and possibly the world. One can only hope to have been one of the thousands of pieces that allowed those ripples to wash over the world. This is the hope I have. So long as Goal Zero provides these opportunities to children around the world, we create more chances of more ripples, and hedge global bets for the next wave to be a positive one, and maybe even a solar powered one.”
As the team was flying back from the Serengeti to the town of Arusha, I couldn’t help but have tears of happiness. I could see the mud huts of the Massai people and thoughts came flooding to me about the amazing people we worked with at the Kids’ Community. Witnessing what little material things they have, but of the happiness they freely gave,
made me want to change my lifestyle. Visiting allowed me to see that many complexities of life are self inflicted and get in the way of my ability to savor simpleness and prioritize higher the people around me. The pure joy I felt while in Africa is something I reflect on often. – Stacie Larsen
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“Pole Pole” (pronounced poe-lay poe-lay) translates to “slowly, slowly”. It took me 14 days, but I realized the true meaning of the phrase. To the Tanzanian people it means to pause and take a look around at how beautiful life is. The Tanzanian people are truly happy, regardless of the material things they have or what event may be on the horizon. When I got home I held my family tighter, listened to them longer, and tried to take those moments to be grateful for what is right in front of me. – Clint Eastman
Goal Zero Director of Business Development
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Visiting Belize BY TRAVIS BURKE Heading to Belize in Central America was like going into the unknown. Of course I’d seen the postcard-worthy white sand beaches and heard great things from the people who traveled there, but it seemed like there were other incredible places begging to be explored. So I got a few maps, packed my bags and jumped on a plane.
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e spent the first week in the central part of the country. Here, the lush tropical rainforest hides ancient Mayan ruins where elusive jaguars still run wild and toucans fly overhead. We canoed through the same underground rivers the Mayans used as sacrificial offering sights thousands of years ago. Skulls, pottery and bloodletting tools could still be seen deep within the caves. As we made our way to the coast, the white sand beaches gave way to warm crystal clear water holding some of the most abundant marine life in the world. Days were spent more underwater than on land. Small islands dot the coastlines which are surrounded by the second largest barrier reef in the world, each dive makes you feel like you’re swimming through an aquarium.
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TINY HOUSE, GIANT JOURNEY TRAVELING THE WORLD IN SMALL STYLE. BY JENNA SPESARD PHOTOS: GUILLAUME DUTILH AND GOAL ZERO
“Where to?” Guillaume asked, after eight months of towing our tiny house on wheels with no agenda and no timeline. “North.” I chirped, and soon after we crossed the border into British Columbia.
There’s something magical about road-tripping without a plan. I enjoy getting lost in nature; it creates just enough vulnerability to truly discover your surroundings, and to fall in love. And I was falling in love with the music and scent of this fresh landscape. While wandering through British Columbia, Guillaume and I created a series of private wilderness retreats by positioning our cabin on wheels in picturesque landscapes. Our ever-changing backyard became a Garden of Eden. We couldn’t wait to explore the mysterious terrain and spent our days hiking the hills, canoeing the ponds, fishing the streams and basking in summer sunsets. Every night I fell asleep gazing through my skylight, admiring a new angle of the Milky Way. A popular mantra among road-trippers is “Home is where you park it.” Even though our tiny abode has found us many other homes since, I yearn to return to my peaceful, wild home in British Columbia. GOALZERO.COM
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Jenna and Guillaume’s tiny home has 125 square feet on the bottom floor with a 60 square foot loft. They began construction in September of 2013 and hit the road exactly one year later. It took more than 1,000 hours to complete and came in under $30,000, which isn’t too bad when you consider the average home in America goes for around $360K.
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Meet Jenna Spesard and Guillaume Dutilh. Roughly two years ago they realized they had become bored with their jobs and daily routines. Then they discovered tiny houses. Construction on their tiny home eventually began and they have now been on the road for over a year pursuing Jenna’s dream of writing and Guillaume’s passion for photography.
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“Guillaume and I have grown as travelers, individuals and as partners in crime. Over the past year, we have collected memories instead of possessions, and we’re happier now than ever before!” – Jenna To read more about Guillaume, Jenna and their dog Salies visit tinyhousegiantjourney.com
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SHERPA 50 SOLAR RECHARGING KIT ®
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WORLD-RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER
CHRIS BURKARD HAS SHOT IN THE WARM TURQUOISE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THE COLD FORGOTTEN COASTLINES OF THE WORLD, AND NEARLY EVERYWHERE IN-BETWEEN.
We recently caught up with Chris while he was in between trips to ask a few questions about life, travel and inspiration. Here’s what he had to say. Traveling takes a lot of sacrifice, what started you down that path? I have a passion for discovering new places and sharing my experiences with my family. I didn’t get to travel much when I was younger and being able to share that with other people is really fulfilling.
What do you think makes traveling so worthwhile? I love traveling! I get to discover new places, find out about new THE DON SHELDON HUT DEEP IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK. PHOTO: CHRIS BURKARD
cultures, and meet new people. I think the best thing about traveling is all the new experiences I get to have.
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Besides your camera and power, what is the thing that you can’t do without while on the road? I have these heated gloves I take with me on arctic trips. The essential piece of equipment to keep my fingers warm and functional when it’s freezing cold and I’m out shooting.
What are your personal travel traditions? Well a big tradition of mine is taking out my knots in my back after traveling for long hours. I couldn’t stress enough how beneficial it is to have my TheraCane.
What is the biggest lesson you have learned while traveling? Less is more! In the last few trips I’ve really tried to reduce my equipment to a minimum. It allows me to move around a lot easier and get more angles of the locations I’m shooting. It’s so much easier to travel with only 1 bag instead of 3 or 4.
Why don’t you just go on a pre-packaged cruise like everyone else? You won’t get the same sense of adventure. I love planning and preparing my trips and I really wouldn’t want anyone taking that part away from me. It gives me total creative freedom to go wherever I want to.
Any advice for those looking to find somewhere new? Google Earth! I love checking out places on Google Earth. It can really be a useful way of discovering a place and preparing yourself for it. But it doesn’t give away too much either.
What place has surprised you the most? Russia. Just because it was such an adventure to travel to – it definitely was the most extreme experience I’ve ever gone through and I don’t think I will ever forget what happened there.
What is the holy grail of travel destinations for you? That’s a hard one. I don’t think there’s a real ‘holy grail’ per se. For me it’s usually the most recent trips with the freshest memories that stand out. Of course there are places I will always love returning to like: Iceland and Norway, but I really try to not get too focused on one particular location.
What is the mark you hope to leave on the world? My goal is to inspire people and get people to adventure. Many times, that doesn’t always have to be complicated or expensive. It’s the simple experiences of stepping into uncertainty that make an adventure worthwhile.
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Conor Barry trys out the Big Agnes Krumholtz UL 2 mtnGLO Tent. Photo by Andy Earl.
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r every day I I have no scientific proof to back it up, but I can remembe and having a rolled myself out of my sleeping bag after sleeping fitfully days I got out of few minutes of “nature time” during breakfast. All the bed to make coffee before work just kind of bleed together.
I hate to think I have an unfair advantage over anyone, but I gotta say: having a van with a mattress in it allowed me to get several nights of sleep outside this summer with minimal planning. I’ll admit it.
Quite a few people got close to 31 nights out by Labor Day, but not quite. For 2016, we’ll make it a longer season to give everyone a bigger chance of success—even though any number of nights sleeping outside is success, really.
The more friends you have around, the later you’ll go to bed. This is a very simple equation. If you really want to get to sleep at a reasonable hour (i.e. camping on a school night), invite fewer people to hang out with.
is to get as Yes, camping is more fun with camp food, but if the goal breakfast many nights as possible outside, doing away with camp or a sandwich a and/or dinner makes the planning less daunting. Grab next morning burrito on your way out, and a granola bar or two for the ready to go. (and maybe a canned espresso drink) and boom, you’re
Obviously they’re nice. But they’re not mandatory for a decent night out in the middle of the summer, when it’s light out until after 9 p.m.
Not every campsite is photogenic, and believe it or not, there are some benefits to just enjoying the experience instead of trying to communicate it to our social media followers.
The saying is, “The more you know, the less you need.” But I also think the more you hike, the less you mind hauling in heavy stuff for a short distance. Campsite’s only two or three miles up the trail? I’m bringing cans of chili, maybe some TastyBite, some brownies. It’s as close as some of us will get to glamping.
Sure, whiskey is great. But when it’s getting chilly in the mountains, hot tea or hot chocola te is a more sustainable (and lighter) morale booster right before you jump in your slee ping bag for the nigh t.
I was happy to see a lot of great shots of people doing “balcony bivies” and camping in friends’ front yards just to get a couple more nights outside this year.
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Angola is a stark, harsh country in many ways. Like much of the developing world it lacks the infrastructure - both technologically and democratically - to provide equal opportunity across its vast social and physical geography. The capital city of Luanda grants a striking visual metaphor: gazing from the rooftops at night one sees mud-brick hovels next door to discoteques and five-star hotels. The countryside is ravaged of any wildlife, and everywhere we drove it was ablaze with field clearance burning. At first glance it’s easy to greet this with despondence and pessimism; however, when viewed in the context of a country barely a decade free from 34 years of civil war things take on a rosier glow. Pause on that for a second: many Angolans lived a practical lifetime in a constant state of unrest, wherein the present state of peace has become the exception to their existence.
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On August 30, Alex Honnold, Stacy Bare, Ted Hesser, and myself boarded flights to Luanda with some audacious goals for a two week trip: we sought to sample the climbing, see the state of affairs 10 years after Stacy’s last visit, and initiate a pilot program for off grid solar entrepreneurship.
For those of us in the western world we cannot and will not ever know what that really means. Our de facto team leader Stacy Bare had spent nearly a year clearing land mines, simply aiming to return the countryside to a basic state of usability. How many times have you scouted what looks to be a promising climbing destination only to abandon it because the approach was too threatened by the possibility of land mines?
Ted in particular (with what help I could offer) had been pushing hard and fast on the latter goal for the better part of six months. We had made great strides but hit many roadblocks - in fact our solar products were still stuck in customs when we arrived in country. Nonetheless, we had come as far as we could from our computer screens and Skype, the only thing left to do was get on the ground and figure out if all the other off grid solar companies who refused to enter Angola thus far were right after all. This is where the horizon begins to look bright. Not only did we establish a handful of routes from 5.7 to 5.13c, we learned that the HALO Trust (Stacy’s former employer) and other similar organizations just passed the halfway mark to clearing the roughly 1,500 documented minefields across the country. And it appeared that by importing just 100 home solar systems we convinced the Energy Minister to order another 3,000 units as part of a broader market test. GOALZERO.COM
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It is far too early to say whether Angola will see the type of micro-grid solar explosion that is sweeping East Africa, but it’s heartening to know that a country with a traditional mono-economy of oil and gas is investigating these kinds of alternatives. Our partners at organizations like SolarAid and Elephant Energy have been eyeing Angola for years, perhaps our devil-maycare effort will remove the mystique and enable them to come in equipped for success. Fittingly, our own expedition was largely powered by the sun: equipped with a lightweight Goal Zero setup our climbing team was able to charge our drill to keep bolting new routes; power phones, cameras, and computers along the way; and hand out some Torch 250s to local kids who gave us a hand with our gear. Also along for the ride was a film crew from VICE Sports, who relied on more robust Goal Zero systems to charge drones, cameras, lights, and computers of their own every night.
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The last two weeks were a blur of climbing rocks, spontaneous dance battles with the locals, and late night debates about the efficacy and approaches of bridging the energy gap. There were ups and downs, setbacks and triumphs. Just like everywhere in the world, we learned that at its most basic level Angola is full of good, decent people who see and strive for a better future for their country; except these people are starting the race 10 meters back and without the starting blocks available to many of us. While our impact may be minor in scale, we at the Honnold Foundation believe that only by refusing to accept current realities can we bridge those gaps. More than anything, we hope that you believe the same thing, too.
Be sure to tune in to VICE Sports this fall for the feature on Alex, Stacy, and the Honnold Foundation’s trip to Angola.
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AMBASSADORS Chris Burkard Alex Honnold Ueli “The Swiss Machine” Steck Caroline Gleich Travis Burke Forrest Shearer Mike Libecki Lilliana Libecki Tyler Bradt Keith Ladzinski Meg Haywood Sullivan Don “The Nuge” Nguyen Renan Ozturk Alex Johnson Julian Carr Kalen Thorien Brody Leven
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