China Outdoor Golden Rhino Awards of 2007 Announcement

　　China Outdoor Golden Rhino Awards Ceremony of 2007 was presented on February 24 2008 in Beijing co-organized by the professional outdoor magazine OUTDOOR EXPLORATION and ispo china, sponsored by outdoor gear brand OZARK.

　　China Outdoor Golden Rhino Awards is a brand-new annual award established by OUTDOOR EXPLORATION magazine based on the standards of importance, advance and value, which aims at introducing the most influential outdoor pioneers and events. 3-4 candidates were nominated out of numerous candidates for each award through 3 month long appraising, then the editor of OUTDOOR EXPLORATION and outdoor authorities selected the final winners together.

　　Best Outdoor Team was won by The crew of Forest China; Best Exploration Activity Award went to The shortest accomplishment of 7+2; Best Climbing Event was won by Re-climbing Free Ladder Route of Great Miao Shan (Pomiu); Best Environmental Protection Award went to Winner: Rongbuk Glacier Investigation (Greenpeace); Breakthough Of The Year was won by Tibet Mountaineering Team;Outdoor Honor Award was won by 1kg Organization; Best Photographs went to Ice Climbing on Everest By Deng Lin; Best Film with Outdoor Exploration Theme was won by Street Bouldering in 798 By Li Jia; Best Publication with Outdoor Exploration Theme was won by Lonely Planet and Sanlian Bookstore; Best Gear Design went to Pedal Scooter

　　Rhino, with modesty and humble image, is the spokesman of OUTDOOR EXPLORATION. Outdoors rhinos keep the commitment to themselves and the nature. They are ordinary people who do everything for the loved outdoors. As a professional outdoor media, OUTDOOR EXPLORATION will keep on holding China Outdoor Golden Rhino Annual Awards, pushing pure outdoor exploration and tracking Forwarding China Outdoors.

　　◆ BEST OUTDOOR TEAM

　　Winner: The crew of Forest China

　　Nominee:2007 summer Tibet Expedition, Lingfeng Club of Beihang University (BUAA)

　　Nominee:Beijing Urban Water Walking Club

　　Nominee: Lvye Crossing Team

　　◆ BEST EXPLORATION ACTIVITY

　　Winner: The shortest accomplishment of 7+2

　　Nominee: Antarctic Expedition Team Topped Dome A

　　Nominee: Science Investigation by Continuous Crossing

　　Nominee: Liu Shaochuang Determined The Length World’s Main Rivers

　　◆BEST CLIMBING EVENT

　　Winner: Re-climbing Free Ladder Route of Great Miao Shan (Pomiu)

　　Nominees: Climbing Yangmantai Peak

　　Nominees: Xie Weicheng red-pointed Yangpi Hille of Yangshuo

　　Nominees: Jon Otto and Liu Yong’s ascent on Yutu Peak

　　◆ BEST ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION SPIRIT

　　Winner: Rongbuk Glacier Investigation (Greenpeace)

　　Nominees: Taxkorgan Reserve Investigation (WCS)

　　Nominees: Oxfam Trailwalker

　　Nominees: Earth Hour

　　◆ BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR

　　Winner: Tibet Mountaineering Team

　　Nominees: Man Speed Champion Zhong Qixin

　　Nominees: Kite Skiing of A2 Club

　　Nominees: Chengdu Feiyue Bicycle Team

　　◆ OUTDOOR HONOR

　　Winner: 1kg Organization

　　Nominees: Ahelp Organization

　　Nominees: Light of Hope Organization

　　Nominees: Love Bridge on Nujiang River

　　◆ BEST PHOTOGRAPHS

　　Winner: Ice Climbing on Everest By Deng Lin

　　Nominees: Training Camp in Bogda By Li Songtao

　　Nominees: Unknown Planet By Yang Xiao

　　Nominees: Rock Climber By Li Shu

　　◆ BEST FILM

　　Winner: Street Bouldering in 798 By Li Jia

　　Nominees: Africa Series By Liang Zi

　　Nominees: Top Exploring 7+2 By Jin Feibao With Yan Lin’s post-production

　　Nominees: Mountain Patrol By Liu Yinglong

　　◆ BEST PUBLICATION

　　Winner: Lonely Planet By Sanlian Bookstore

　　Nominees: Mountaineer By Shantou University Press

　　Nominees: Outdoor Sports Essential Series

　　 --- Outdoor Traveling Guidebook, First Aid Direction, Roping Tech

　　By Liaoning Pictorial Publishing House

　　Nominees: Around China By China Travel & Tourism Press

　　◆ BEST GEAR DESIGN

　　Winner: Pedal Scooter

　　Nominees: Bicycle Environmental-friendly Taillight w/o battery

　　Nominees: Recumbent Bicycle for Long-distance Travel

　　Nominees: Box-Type Folding Bicycle

　　BACKGROUNDS

　　OUTDOOR EXPLORATION MAGAZINE

　　OUTDOOR EXPLORATION was founded in year 2001 as a professional outdoor magazine that proclaims the healthy and new lifestyle and provides the most and best information on outdoor traveling, mountaineering and sports. In these years, OUTDOOR EXPLORATION has always been sticking on the faith that “outdoor is a style and exploration is an attitude”. We believe that it is our responsibility to spread outdoor information and push the development of China outdoor industry.

　　Ispo china

　　Every two years in Munich, ISPO is held as the biggest sports and fashion exhibition that covers all important categories of sport industry. So Ispo china is the out-range in Asia of ISPO. ISPO CHINA provides more such as industry summit, special issues, special subject discussion and insider’s gathering. ISPO promises to provide the best sports products and technologies to China.

　　Ozark Sporting Goods Trading Company

　　As a professional outdoor sport gear brand, OZARK was found by Swiss outdoor enthusiast in 1996. The name of OZARK was origin from an unpolluted mountain in North America, which symbolizes the natural and pure quality of OZARK brand. Insisting the philosophy of OZARK YOUR LIFE, OZARK is always keep developing more advanced, more comfort, and more professional mountaineering and outdoors gears as well as assuring high quality to meet different level demand.

　　OZARK has speared no effort to push the development of outdoors and mountaineering in China for many years. OZARK witnessed the splendors one by one while undergoing tough challenge with the excellent quality in Mt. Everest, the South Pole and the North Pole.