The winners of the WOMEN’S GEAR AWARD #she is outdoors are chosen – the whole team & jury fought against all odds to assure in-depth test results.

On January 14 and 15 the jury members Alexa Dehmel, Claar Talsma, Astrid Schlüchter, Christina Stahl and Anny Cardinahl met foundress Jana Erb in Dietramszell for the final  jury meeting of the winter award 2022 to test and evaluate all the submitted products one last time before selecting the winners of this season.

Originally planned as a big event with a lot of activities and press event at the awards beautiful partner destination Lech Zürs this meeting was scaled down to a small mingle in a nice and quiet meeting location in Dietramszell south of Munich at the foot of the alps. Covid and the restrictions made it once again impossible to stick to the plans and demanded creativity, adaption and flexibility – just like the weather on any outdoor adventure! So it was not a big deal for the ladies to set up a new frame for their assembly.

Starting of with a winter hike to the Schürfenkopf in Gaißach they tested and discussed the products. But it wasn’t their first hands on experience as the products have been sent to the jury members for some in-depth testing period over 1.5 months. Now the expert jury could compare their personal experiences with the gear and share their results. At the conference venue Ökologisches Tagungshaus Linden the jury virtually got together with the other jury members who couldn’t make it to the meeting in person because of covid, Alexandra Schweikart, Kim Scholze, Pamela Ravasio, Cath Prisk, Joanne Wissink, Lorraine Huber and Jaqueline Bergemann. Together they all filled their rating sheets for all the products, compared and discussed the results afterwards and made their decisions for this seasons winners.  

The long discussions lead the jury - who consists of experts from the outdoor, sport or textile industry - to the common opinion that they wish for more zeitgeist from the brands in terms of sustainability especially in the sector Urban Outdoor, as Anny Cardinahl explains.