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Roanoke, VA, Jun 15, 2010 – <\/strong><\/p>\n Outdoor enthusiasts and gear junkies, get ready to explore!<\/p>\n RoanokeOutside.com \u2013 a resource for the Roanoke, Va., region\u2019s outdoors \u2013 has teamed with GearJunkie.com, a top outdoors blog and publication, to host a one-day-only Treasure Hunt event in a Roanoke wilderness park on July 11th.<\/p>\n The event will be called “Gear Junkie’s Treasure Hunt: Roanoke.” More than $40,000 in outdoor gear \u2013 from backpacks to kayaks \u2013 will be given away to an estimated 300 participants.<\/p>\n Additionally, during the run up to the event, GearJunkie.com will hold online contests for its readers. Details including sign-up information and event schedule are available at www.GearJunkie.com\/Treasure-Hunt-Roanoke<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Treasure Hunt is a first-of-its-kind event,\u201d said Stephen Regenold, founder and editor of GearJunkie.com. \u201cRoanoke provides a great venue for this activity, which will blend elements from adventure racing with a substantial gear scavenger hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Roanoke region is one of the best spots anywhere for outdoor recreation,” says Pete Eshelman with the Roanoke Regional Partnership. “By teaming up with Gear Junkie \u2013 a nationally-recognized web site that specializes in outdoor gear \u2013 we hope to further solidify our region\u2019s standing.\u201d Visit www.roanokeoutside.com<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n ABOUT THE ROANOKE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP The Roanoke Regional Partnership was founded in 1983 as a regional economic development organization for the greater Roanoke area that includes Alleghany, Botetourt, Franklin, and Roanoke counties plus the cities of Roanoke and Salem and the town of Vinton.\u00a0 Its program of work includes image building, asset development, and business recruitment.\u00a0 The Partnership has been involved in business locations and expansions that have created more than 13,600 jobs and $1.3 billion in investment in real estate and equipment.\u00a0 To learn more, please visit www.Roanoke.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABOUT GEARJUNKIE.COM Operated by Monopoint Media LLC of Minneapolis, Minn., GEARJUNKIE.com was founded in 2006. It is an online publication devoted to the outdoors, health, fitness, adventure travel, and all the gear and equipment associated with those pursuits. It is based off a nationally\u2010syndicated newspaper column of the same name written by freelance journalist Stephen Regenold, a world\u2010traveling adventurer\/journalist with a home base in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I came across this press release and thought that it would be a great thing to post. Check<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openairlife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}