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Update #5: Map Release Party! (everyone is invited!)
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Posted on June 17, 2011
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Update #4: Rewards are on their way!
Thank you again to all of our backers. We now have two thousand maps in our living room- and a few dozen of them are on their way to many of you. Thanks again!
Update #3: Don't Worry! The Map is on its way
To all our wonderful and generous backers-
Thank you so much for your patience in the last few months, several of you have asked for updates on the status of the map recently and I thought I'd post an update to let everyone know. The map is done and we've been working closely with the people at the press to work out the last few kinks to make it looks just the way we want it to. We are a little behind schedule and we are just as anxious as you all must be to have the map in our hands. We've been learning a lot about print production and it has been slow and frustrating at times but we have confidence that it will look as good as we want it to look. Please be patient with us for a few more weeks!
Thanks again,
Amelia and Jamie
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Weston E. Boulton on May 25, 2011
Hi Jamie, Glad to hear about your progress. Tim and I discussed at length the problems associated with trying to transfer the colors as they appear on your monitor to the inks of a printing press. Of course he has had a lot of experience with it. Hang in there unitl you get it just as you want it. Love, Grandpa
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Update #2: Thank You!
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Posted on March 4, 2011
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Update #1: We're Funded!
We're funded, with 19 days to go! We're so grateful for all the generous support from everyone, we can never thank you enough! We're working hard tying in the last few loose ends and we should have a final draft ready in the next week or two. We can't wait to print this thing!
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Weston E. Boulton on February 11, 2011
Dear Jamie and Amelia,
We are so proud of you and your efforts on this project.
Love to both,
The Grands
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susan dillon on February 12, 2011
As someone who gets lost all the time - I'm glad that your map will be available to people! Love from PGAS
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A hand written thank you postcard with one of the hundreds of pictures we took on our hikes last summer. In addition we'll add you to our mailing list so you can receive information about updates and future maps.
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Pledge $25 and you're essentially pre-ordering a map. We'll send a hot-off-the press copy of the first map right to your door. We'll include one of our hand-written photo-postcards and add you to our mailing list as well.
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(locals or those willing to travel to Missoula only) For a pledge of $50 you'll receive a signed copy of the map and an invitation to our map release party- a chance to drink local beer, eat tasty appetizers and connect with other outdoor enthusiasts in the area. We'll even outline a favorite trip on your brand new map.
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(non-locals) For those of you who aren't lucky enough to live in western Montana, if you pledge $50 we'll send you a signed copy of the map (in case you ever want to visit) and a locally-designed, hand-screen-printed t-shirt with a unique cairn design in the size of your choice. If you're local and prefer this to a party invitation feel free to select this option instead
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Pledge $100 and you'll get all of the above (including both a t-shirt and an invite!) plus a framed, signed 8x10 print of one of our pictures from the summer and we'll outline a cool trip that includes the location of the photo.
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Pledge $500 or more you'll get our eternal gratification and admiration. Seriously, thats a lot of money and we could never thank you enough. But we'll send you the first four rewards above (that's a postcard, a map, an invite, AND and t-shirt) plus a framed, signed copy of the map. It's double sided so you get the choose which side you want to display on your wall and stare at while you daydream about trips you want to take.
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We met in the summer of 2007 working for a non-profit research organization in the greater Yellowstone Ecosystem mapping the spread of invasive species. After two summers of following GPS units to random locations we started thinking about ways that we could combine our love of being in the back country and our love of maps with our cartography expertise. We realized that even some of the most popular wilderness areas in Western Montana don’t have up-to-date, user-friendly maps. So we started working. In the spring of 2010 we bought two GPS units, quit our jobs, and started hiking. Jamie’s brother Thomas joined us for most of the summer and between the three of us we created the most accurate data set of the trails in the South Half of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Since the weather turned too cold for data collection, we’ve shifted our focus to all the computer work it takes to create a beautiful and functional outdoor recreation map. We have long lists of places we would like to someday make maps of and hope to eventually make this our full-time work!
Congratulations, Jamie and Amelia, on a job well done. We leave Saturday for Minnesota. We will look forward to updates as we travel. Love, Grandma and Grandpa