Official rules for The Wading List Patagonia Guidewater Backpack Giveaway. No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.
1. Sponsor
The Wading List GmbH, Noerdliche Seestrasse 16, 82541 Ammerland, Germany, info@thewadinglist.com (“Sponsor”, “we”). This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Meta or Patagonia.
2. Giveaway period
The giveaway starts on November 11, 2026 and ends on December 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (December 10, 2026, 5:59 a.m. Central European Time). Entries received after this time will not be considered.
3. Who can enter
- Individuals aged 18 or older (or the age of majority in their place of residence, if higher).
- Residents of the United States (50 states and D.C.), the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
- Not eligible: employees and shareholders of the Sponsor and their immediate family members.
- Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
4. How to enter
Subscribe to The Wading List newsletter with your email address using the form on thewadinglist.com and confirm your subscription by clicking the link in the confirmation email. Every confirmed subscriber on December 10, 2026 is entered once, including readers who were already subscribed before the giveaway started. Limit one entry per person, regardless of the number of email addresses used. Entries made with automated tools or fake identities are void.
You can unsubscribe at any time. If you unsubscribe before the draw, your entry is removed.
5. Prize
One (1) Patagonia Guidewater Backpack 29L. Approximate retail value: US$349. Color may vary. The prize cannot be exchanged, transferred or paid out in cash. We ship the prize to the winner free of charge. Any taxes, customs duties or import fees in the winner’s country are the winner’s responsibility.
6. Drawing and notification
The winner will be drawn at random from all eligible entries on December 10, 2026 and notified by email to the address used to enter. The winner must reply within 7 days with a shipping address. If the winner does not reply in time, is not eligible or cannot be reached, we will draw an alternate winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
7. Your data
We use your email address to send you our newsletter and to run this giveaway, as described in our privacy policy. We use the winner’s name and shipping address only to deliver the prize. We will publish the winner’s first name and country only with the winner’s consent.
8. Other terms
We may cancel, suspend or modify the giveaway if it cannot be run as planned for reasons beyond our control (for example fraud or technical failures). In that case we will inform participants on this page. By entering, participants agree to these rules. These rules are governed by German law; mandatory consumer protection laws of the country in which you live remain unaffected.