Official Rules
OFFICIAL RULES: "The CORDURA® brand Search for the Most Durable Person"
presented by GearJunkie.com
Grand Prize Package: GearJunkie.com's "The CORDURA® brand Search for the Most Durable
Person" contest will award one (1) winner a grand prize trip that includes airfare, lodging, and one or
more adventure activities in Utah. Dates of travel will be on or around August 4 to 7, 2011.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A purchase or payment will not improve your
chances of winning. "The CORDURA® brand Search for the Most Durable Person" contest
(the "Sweepstakes") starts at 12:01 AM Eastern Time ("ET") on May 1, 2011 and ends at 11:59 PM
ET on May 31, 2011 (the "Promotion Period"). Eastern Time shall control for all purposes of this
Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is governed by these Official Rules, and is subject to all applicable U.S.
federal, state and local laws, and provincial or territorial laws, and is void wherever prohibited by law.
1. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the United States and District
of Columbia (excluding Florida, Rhode Island, New York, residents of Guam, Puerto Rico and all
other U.S. territories and possessions), who are 21 years of age or older and the age of majority in
his/her state, province, or territory of residence at the time of entry. Any individuals who have,
within one year prior to the start date of the Sweepstakes, performed services for companies
involved in the contest (including Gear Junkie LLC and INVISTA S.a.r.l.), or its respective parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates and successor companies or any organizations responsible for fulfilling,
administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes or supplying any prize, and the immediate
family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes or win
the prize. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children,
siblings, step-siblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live. "Household members" shall mean
people who share the same residence at least three months a year, whether related or not. Any
individuals who have, within one year prior to the start date of the Sweepstakes, performed services
for the sweepstake's promotional partners, are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes or win the prize.
Mechanically altered or reproduced Entries are not eligible. In order to enter the Sweepstakes or
receive the prize, you must fully comply with the Official Rules, and by entering you agree to be
bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the participating companies, whose decisions shall
be binding and final in all respects, and you certify that you are eligible to enter.
2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, visit www.gearjunkie.com (the "Web Site") during the Promotion
Period and completely fill out all the required fields on the entry form, including first and last name,
daytime telephone number (including area code), and e-mail address. Then submit, as instructed, your
entry form to the Web Site (the "Entry" or "Entries"). ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY
11:59 PM ET, May 31, 2011. Limit one (1) Entry per person per e-mail address per day throughout
the Promotion Period. Entries by the same person in excess of the limits stated herein will be
disqualified. Entries submitted to the Web Site will be deemed to have been submitted by the
authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of the entry. "Authorized
account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.)
that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail
address.
3. ODDS OF WINNING: Gear Junkie LLC will select a winner from among all eligible entries
received by contest deadline. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries
received.
4. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner(s) will be notified by e-mail, using the information
provided on his/her Entry, on or about June 1, 2011. Gear Junkie LLC will then send to potential
winner(s) by e-mail, at the e-mail on his/her Entry, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability,
Publicity Release, unless prohibited by law, and any other documentation that the company requires
(the "Affidavit"). In order to redeem his/her prize, potential winner(s) shall sign, have notarized,
and return to Gear Junkie LLC the Affidavit within fourteen (14) days from the date Gear Junkie
LLC sent the Affidavit. Any guest (his/her parent/legal guardian if a resident of a jurisdiction that
deems him/her to be a minor) shall sign, have notarized and return to Gear Junkie LLC a Liability
Release, Publicity Release, unless prohibited by law, and any other documentation that the Gear
Junkie LLC requires within fourteen (14) days after receipt by the potential winner(s). In the event: (a)
potential winner(s) cannot be reached for whatever reason after a reasonable effort has been exerted
based on the information stated in the Entry, (b) of noncompliance with the above or within any
of the aforesaid time periods, (c) potential winner is found to be ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes
or receive the prize, (d) potential winner cannot or does not comply with the Official Rules, (e)
potential winner's prize notification or Affidavit is returned as undeliverable for whatever reason,
or (f) potential winner fails to fulfill the Affidavit-related obligations, the potential winner shall be
disqualified from the Sweepstakes and an alternate potential winner may be selected, at the Gear
Junkie LLC's sole discretion, from among the other eligible entries received. Winner selection is
under the supervision of Gear Junkie LLC, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. If
entrant's e-mail address, telephone number, or home mailing address changes after he/she enters the
Sweepstakes, it is the entrant's sole responsibility to notify Gear Junkie LLC by postal mailing notice
to the address stated below to be received before the end of the Promotion Period.
5. PRIZES: The approximate retail value (the "ARV") of the Grand Prize is $2,000.00 and consists
of the trip giveaway including flights, lodging, meal stipend, and one or more adventure activities
in Utah. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded to one (1) winner. All other expenses not specifically
listed herein are solely the winner's responsibility including, but not limited to, sales taxes, and all
incidental expenses. Prize subject to any and all applicable terms and conditions. Any depictions of
prizes are for illustrative purposes only. All federal, state and local taxes on the prize are the sole
responsibility of the winner. Winner will be sent an IRS Federal 1099-MISC tax form if required. No
transfer, refund, substitution or replacement of prize permitted, except that Gear Junkie LLC reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value (or cash equivalent).
ARV of all prizes is in U.S. dollars. All prizes will be awarded within 1 year of receipt of valid and
executed winners' affidavit or prize confirmation. Any portion of the prize not accepted or unclaimed
and/or unused by the winner will be forfeited and will not be substituted.
6. PUBLICITY RELEASE; USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: Except where prohibited or
restricted by law, winner's acceptance of prize constitutes the winner's agreement and consent for the
Gear Junkie LLC to use and/or publish winner's full name, city and state of residence, photographs
or other likenesses, Entry, pictures, portraits, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole
or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Gear Junkie LLC,
worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade
and/or promotion on behalf of Gear Junkie LLC, in any and all forms of media, now known or
hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide
Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval. By entering
the Sweepstakes, entrants will be sharing their personal information with Gear Junkie LLC. Personal
information collected by Gear Junkie LLC will be used for administration of the Sweepstakes and
awarding the prize. In addition, by entering, entrants agree to Gear Junkie LLC's use of entrant's
personal information as described in its privacy policy at http://gearjunkie.com/sweepsprivacy.
Please refer to Gear Junkie LLC's privacy policy for important information regarding the collection,
use and disclosure of personal information by Gear Junkie LLC. Also, Gear Junkie LLC is not
responsible for disclosures made by any third party. Gear Junkie LLC uses reasonable commercial
efforts to comply with Federal CAN-SPAM law and entrants may subsequently opt-out of receiving
further emails by following opt-out instructions contained in the company's privacy policy. All entries
become the property of Gear Junkie LLC upon receipt and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Entrants' personal information will not be provided to any third parties, other than as provided for in
the Official Rules or in accordance with Gear Junkie LLC's privacy policy.
7. NO TAMPERING; RIGHT TO CANCEL, MODIFY: Gear Junkie LLC and its parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees,
officers and directors shall not have any obligation or responsibility, including any responsibility to
award any prize to entrants, with regard to: (a) Entries that contain inaccurate information or do not
comply with or violate the Official Rules; (b) Entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late,
incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient,
in whole or in part, due to computer, human or technical error of any kind; (c) entrants who have
committed fraud or deception in entering or participating in the Sweepstakes or claiming the prize;
(d) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures
or difficulties; (e) any inability of the winner to accept the prize for any reason; (f) if a prize cannot
be awarded due to travel cancellation, delays or interruptions due to Acts of God, natural disasters,
terrorism, weather or any other similar event beyond the Gear Junkie LLC's reasonable control;
or (g) any damages, injuries or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from awarding,
acceptance, possession, use, misuse, loss or misdirection of any prize or resulting from participating
in this promotion or any promotion or prize related activities. Gear Junkie LLC reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be (a) tampering with the entry process
or the operation of the Sweepstakes, or with any Web sites promoting the Sweepstakes; (b) acting in
violation of the Official Rules; or (c) entering or attempting to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times
through the use of multiple e-mail addresses or the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit
entries. If Gear Junkie LLC determines, in its sole discretion, that technical difficulties or unforeseen
events compromise the integrity or viability of the Sweepstakes, Gear Junkie LLC reserves the right
to void the entries at issue, and/or terminate the relevant portion of the Sweepstakes promotion,
including the entire Sweepstakes promotion, and/or modify the Sweepstakes and/or conduct a
random drawing to award the prize(s) using all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If
the Sweepstakes is terminated or modified due to technical difficulties or unforeseen events prior to
the expiration date of the Promotion Period, notice will be posted at www.thegearjunkie.com.
8. RELEASE OF LIABILITY; DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; FORUM SELECTION
CLAUSE: By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants and winner agree to release and hold
harmless Gear Junkie LLC and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, contest
sponsors, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, and their respective employees, officers and
directors, from any and all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever
including without limitation, property damage, personal injury (including emotional distress), and/or
death which may occur in connection with preparation for, or participation in, the Sweepstakes, or
possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of the prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related
activity and for any claims or causes of action based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of
privacy and merchandise delivery. By accepting the prize, winner agrees that any liability concerning
or arising out of the prize rests solely with the manufacturer of the goods or their affiliates. Gear
Junkie LLC and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, contest sponsors,
representatives, agents, successors, assigns, and their respective employees, officers and directors
assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to entrants or to any other person's computer,
regardless of how caused, relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software
in connection with this Sweepstakes. Entrants and winners acknowledge that Gear Junkie LLC has
neither made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representations or
guarantees, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including, but not limited to,
express warranties provided by the manufacturer of the goods or their affiliates. Except where
prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or Gear Junkie LLC in
connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether
of the State of Minnesota, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the State of Minnesota. In addition, any dispute relating to the
Sweepstakes (including these Official Rules) shall be brought in the appropriate state or federal court
having jurisdiction over the subject matter located in the County of Hennepin, Minnesota. Entrants
hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of said courts and waive any claim of forum
non conveniens or lack of personal jurisdiction they may have.
9. LIST OF WINNER(S); FUTURE SWEEPSTAKES/CONTESTS: A "winners' list" will be posted
on the Web Site on or about June 5, 2011. This will be one or more winners of the Sweepstakes
and associated prizes. Or to receive a list of the winner(s) after June 15, 2011, by mail send a self-
addressed envelope, with applicable U.S. postage affixed, to: Adventure Sweepstakes, Attn: Contest
Administrator, The Gear Junkie LLC, 5401 Wentworth Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55419 or by e-mail
send an e-mail to info@thegearjunkie.com and in the body of the e-mail type: Please e-mail me the
winners' list for the "Adventure Sweepstakes."
10. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of the Sweepstakes is Gear Junkie LLC., 5401 Wentworth Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN 55419. Neither INVISTA nor the CORDURA® brand team are an Official or
other sponsor of Gear Junkie's "The CORDURA® brand Search for the Most Durable Person."
Their involvement is limited to only providing the funding for the prize to Gear Junkie LLC.
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