The Leader, Fall 2000, NOLS teams up with DuPont Cordura By Matt Lloyd, NOLS Media Intern Reprinted from The Leader, Fall 2000, Vol. The longstanding relationship the National Outdoor Leadership School has with DuPont recently paid off in a significant donation to the NOLS scholarship program by DuPont Cordura. The scholarship is open to all students who apply for spring or fall 2001 semester-length courses and demonstrate merit and financial need. Founded in 1802, the company operates in 70 countries and has 94,000 employees.
Innovations developed by the company also have uses in the backcountry.
Indeed. many of the products we use and wear to keep us safe, warm and comfortable contain technologies developed by DuPont, including, Tactel, Lycra, Thermax, Coolmax, and Cordura. Packs, boots, apparel and numerous other items are constructed of DuPont fibers. The product results in some of your most used and abused products being lightweight, abrasion-resistant and durable. Many outdoor manufacturers such as L.L. Bean, Nike, The North Face, Marmot, Outdoor Research and Patagonia, use Cordura in their products. It is also found in NOLS wind gear and backpacks. In the late sixties, NOLS seamstress Thelma Young developed the first synthetic filled sleeping bags with DuPont Dacron 88 synthetic fill fiber.