Announcing the First Core Concepts Desk Jockey Scholarship Recipient

We have a winner! The first Desk Jockey Scholarship has been awarded. PJ, from Spokane, WA, is the recipient of our $200 Scholarship and with it, he can do whatever he pleases. What does he please? "Probably something a lot cooler than I did with the scholarship that I received in college." (See, he really is a scholar.) PJ plans on using his scholarship to spend "three days skiing the Tetons, culminating in a scamper up the Grand... all 13,770 feet." Sounds like PJ has a road trip to plan.

In PJ's brief but persuasive application he was able to touch on some rather pressing issues: Aardvarks, space travel, Miller High Life, The Grand Teton and the power grid for Washington State. As PJ is an engineer for a power company, (check out the arial photo of his office) Core Concepts is proud to say that getting PJ out of the office is literally helping a fellow Desk Jockey get off the grid. Congrats PJ. Make us proud!





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If you’re interested in hiking, trail running, biking, camping, skiing, snowboarding, or climbing, you’ll like this contest. If you’ve ever wanted to go to Mt. Hood, the Oregon Coast, Oswald State Park, Short Sands, the Cascades or a Canadian ski resort, start thinking about which one and write to Core Concepts right away. If you read the Willamette Weekly, OregonLive or Steep and Cheap and you’re looking for sweet deals on outdoor gear like rain shells, performance layers and fleeces, look no further. The desk jockey lifestyle is all around us. Are ski swaps and REI sales your thing? Maybe live music? Then we know you can stretch a $200 budget for an entire weekend, no problem. Take the money and get outside. Even if you’re heading to Patagonia soon, we know you’ll be able to use a few extra pesos when you’re there.