retail founded 1981 headquarters seattle washington key people ron gregg products outdoor apparel website www.outdoorresearch.com outdoor research is an american outdoor apparel and gear company located in seattle washington . the company was founded in 1981 by physicist turned outdoor adventurer ron gregg who led the brand until his death in 2003 . 1 since then the company has been run by dan nordstrom a seattle native and outdoor athlete who acquired the company after gregg s death . 2 the company in 1999 produced the most gore products in the outdoor industry measured by units produced . references edit john coo 2003 06 03 . seattle times dan nordstrom . seattlepi.com . retrieved 2012 11 09 . retail notebook a nordstrom runs seattle gear maker outdoor research . seattle post intelligencer . 2006 02 10 . external links edit outdoor research official site verticulture outdoor research on twitter v t e seattle based corporations within the seattle metropolitan area seattle and seatac based fortune 1000 corporations alaska airlines 482 amazon.com 49 expeditors international 428 nordstrom 227 starbucks 208 puget sound based fortune 1000 corporations companies listed above plus costco wholesale 22 expedia inc. 515 microsoft 35 paccar 168 puget sound energy 703 weyerhaeuser 363 major seattle and puget sound based non public or externally owned corporations big fish games darigold eddie bauer jones soda nash holdings nintendo of america qfc rei safeco t mobile us retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title outdoor research & oldid 742511509 categories camping equipment manufacturersoutdoor clothing brandssporting goods retailers of the united statesclothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in washington state companies based in seattlecompanies established in 1981retail companies of the united statesclimbing equipment navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 04 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view