
This year’s prizes are provided by Oru Kayak, Alite Designs and Brown Dog Solar, and the grand prize winner will take home an Oru Kayak, a pack and chair from Alite, and a folding solar cell from Brown Dog!
Have a look at some outdoorsy guides and last year's contest to get some inspired and enter today!
- 20 Boats You Can Build Yourself
- Outdoor Survival Projects
- Great Outdoors 2013 Contest
- DIY Camping Projects
Please be sure that your entry into the contest contains original photos and text. Entries without original photos and text will be denied.
Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK, China, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, India, New Zealand, and Denmark. The Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PT), June 2, 2014. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, August 25, 2014.
The winner(s) will be solely responsible for complying with any and all applicable statutes, laws (including, without limitation, common law, if applicable), rules and regulations and for bearing any personal income tax, VAT, withholding taxes, customs duties, or other taxes, fees, insurance, surcharges or other costs relating to receiving, claiming or collecting any prize.
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The Great Outdoors Contest is closed.
Grand Prize (1)
First Prize (3)
Second Prize (5)
Runner Up (9)

Grand Prize (1)
- an Oru Kayak
- a Big Oak Pack
- a Mantis Chair
- a 10W Folding USB Solar Cell
- and an Instructables prize pack including a robot prize pack.

First Prize (3)
- a Shifter Pack
- a 7W Folding USB Solar Cell
- and an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt.

Second Prize (5)
- a Mantis Chair
- a 5W Folding USB Solar Cell
- and an Instructables prize pack including a robot t-shirt.

Runner Up (9)

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