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The Wright<\/a>, an outdoor-inspired industry summit and award program, has recognized Alpacka Rafts<\/a> in Mancos as one of the Rocky Mountain region\u2019s top innovators.<\/p>\n Beginning on May 1, The Wright will hold a three-day event for industry leaders in Golden, Colorado.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Wright is recognizing that unique breed of leader \u2026 the kind to bet on instinct over conventional wisdom,\u201d Chuck Sullivan, co-founder of Something Independent, the team that handcrafts and produces The Wright, said in a news release.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re just out to do good work. Their work. They can be a little tough to corral, but for three days in May, we\u2019ll gather and celebrate their companies and their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n On May 3, the event will end in an awards night.<\/p>\n Alpacka Rafts is one of twelve contenders selected from more than 125 nominations.<\/p>\n Founded in 2010, The Wright has recognized nearly 100 companies in its eight years.<\/p>\n \u201cSo often outdoor-inspired businesses are hatched from ideas shared around the campfire, on the river or over a whiskey,\u201d Sullivan said in a news release. \u201cThese companies are set apart by their grit and determination. We, at Something Independent, were simply drawn to their work and desired to delve deeper into their stories, bring them together and celebrate their wins.\u201d<\/p>\n Alpacka Rafts, Mancos Business chosen among 12 contenders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[21,658,83,60,3622,1792],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-101364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-cortez","tag-hiking","tag-mancos","tag-montezuma-county","tag-river-sports","tag-snow-sports"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101364"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=101364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Wright contenders<\/h4>\n
\n Green Guru Gear, Boulder
\n The Hot Tomato, Fruita
\n Mountain States Snowcats, Torrington, Wyo.
\n Powderhorn Resort, Mesa
\n Rocky Mountain Underground, Breckenridge
\n Sarabella Fishing, Denver,
\n Strafe Outerwear, Aspen
\n Western Rise, Telluride
\n Weston Snowboards, Minturn\/Denver
\n Wood\u2019s High Mountain Distillery, Salida
\n Yeti Cycles, Golden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"