Conrad Stolz works with the Wounded Warrior Project

Suunto athlete Conrad Stolz spent his time with the Wounded Warriors team last weekend, founded by former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Jeremy Stols. The Wounded Warrior athletes parachute into the XTERRA Richmond start of the race to complete a run, bike and swim race.

Image courtesy of ConradStolz.com
 Corporal officer Todd Love participated in the swim while his teammates carried him the rest of the race in a specially made backpack due to previously losing an arm and both legs in an explosion. Check out the full article here. 

Losing another outdoor warrior to Mother Nature

The outdoor community lost a brave warrior as three-time World Champion ski mountaineer Stéphane Brosse suffered a fatal fall while traversing the Aiguille D’Argentiere on June 17, 2012. Brosse headed out early Sunday morning with fellow athlete and friend Kilian Jornet to traverse Mont Blanc. The two were working on the Summits of My Life project, the first of a four year endeavor of speed record attempts for six different peaks worldwide.

While Brosse was on his way to Barbey Couloir a snow cornice gave way under his weight, causing him to fall more than 600 meters.

Image courtesy of SDPnoticias.com

Our thoughts go out to Stephane and his family and friends. All of us at Suunto offer or deepest sympathies.

Suunto Ambit Giveaway Winner!

During the month of May, Suunto hosted a social media contest for our incredible online community to have a chance to win a Black Ambit HR.

An ad was published in Outside Magazine with a hidden Suunto fact in the image. We asked you to find the hidden fact and submit it as a comment on our blog and we would pick a correct answer at random.

We had more than 75 submissions! (We didn't publish them all right away because since so many people got the answer right pretty early in the game, we didn't want to totally give the answer away.)  

Our randomly selected winner for the 2012 Ambit contest is Jimmy P! Congratulations, Jimmy! The correct answer is that 1936, the year Suunto was founded, is the same reading of the watch face. 

Stay tuned for more contests and giveaways throughout the year! Thanks again to all who participated. 

Suunto Movescount helping you succeed every step of the way

When you buy a Suunto watch, it comes complete with our patented MovesCount software, the only program of its kind, allowing users to track their progress over time with each use of their Suunto product.

Suunto MovesCount tracks your “moves” so you can see just how much you have excelled over the course of your training. In Scoreboard, a program within MovesCount, you can track your latest moves, your future moves, moves from other members, discussions with other members, and more.

MovesCount is a Sunnto specific program that no other watch producer has been able to match. We want you to be able to track your progress every step of the way so you can know exactly how close you are to reaching your next goal. We know that every step you take matters.

Check out the entire rundown of MovesCount here and get the most of your Suunto watch.