Bios
Name
Sky Sterry
Top 5 favorite activities
Backpack camping, fly fishing, skiing, climbing, mountain biking.
Special skill
Can back a trailer like a pro.
Favorite super hero
Green Lantern
Breakfast
Omlette filled with veggies, bacon, cream cheese, basil and sun dried tomatoes. With a side of bacon.
Worst kept secret
Middle name is Blue.
Bio
Sky grew up in Brookings Oregon about 20 miles up the Chetco River in a small community. The first of two sons, Sky and his brother Quince were raised milking the family cow, tending to the chickens and weeding the large family garden. Sky attended Upper Chetco Middle school before the family moved to Eugene, Oregon.
Sky attended South Eugene High School and enrolled in the International High School program, a 4 year AP program focussed on studies with an international perspective. Sky’s interests included Chinese language, biology, and art, and he graduated with an International Baccelaureate degree.
He went on to the University of Oregon, and pursued a Bachelors in Biology with a minor in Chemestry. During this time, Sky was an avid mountain biker, and during his later years in college, Sky was a teaching assistant and managed a research project focussed on assessing the genetic diversity of an organism found in a system of costal dune ponds.
After college, Sky travelled with two friends to Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia, for a nine month tour. Once back in the States, Sky moved with Trisha to Bozeman, Montana, where he worked for a winter as a lift operator at Big Sky ski resort before founding Wookey Backpacks with Trisha in 1996.
Wookey Backpacks flourished for many years, as the company gained considerable traction in the alpine pack market. Wookey Backpacks are still a common site at Bridger Bowl and Big Sky ski areas.
Sky was a senior equipment designer at Macpac Wilderness Equipment, and spent many days in New Zealand hiking and fishing, and found some excellent rock climbing in the Port Hills of Christchurch.
Sky now lives with Trisha in Bozeman, Montana, where they spend their time designing some of the worlds finest gear.
Name
Trisha Wookey
Top 5 favorite activities
Backpack camping, fly fishing, skiing, climbing, trailer camping.
Special skill
Rock-chi
Favorite super hero
Spiderman
Breakfast
Eggs over medium, oven fried "homefries" with veggies.
Worst kept secret
Excellent back seat driver
Bio
Trisha grew up in the Butte Valley in Northern California, and was born second in her family with an older brother Frank, and younger sister and brother, Jessica and Chris. A farming and ranching family, the Wookeys raised various grain, cattle, sheep, and rabbits. Trisha was involved in 4H, and won many awards at local fairs for her skills at animal husbandry. Very early in her life, Trisha was mentored by a family friend, who taught her how to sew, make her own garments, and the nuances of sewn garment construction.
She went to High School in Klamath Fallsand and moved to Eugene, Oregon after graduating. In Eugene, Trisha attended the University of Oregon, pursuing psychology and metalsmithing. During this time she was an avid road biker, logging 30 miles a day, created silver jewelry, and learned about industrial sewing, working as a seamstress at a company that manufactured Nomex clothing.
After college, Trish moved with Sky to Bozeman, Montana. There she worked for a few months at Dana Designs as a production seamstress before moving on to found Wookey Backpacks with Sky in 1996. Wookey Backpacks grew for the next 9 years before closing in 2005 due to growing pains. The couple then founded Wookey Design Studio, and followed a job lead to New Zealand, where they worked as Senior Designers at Macpac in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Macpac Wilderness equipment was purchased early in 2008, and Trisha moved with Sky back to Bozeman, Montana where they currenly own and operate Wookey Design Studio, and hike, ski and fish in their spare time.