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Schroder
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 Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:58 pm |
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I was cleaning some more shelves getting ready for our move and I came across this - from 50 Years ago:
A lot of this gear is still sitting on shelves in my garage 
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snoqpass
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Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:40 pm |
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Best thing on the internet I've seen in a while.
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touron
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Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:43 pm |
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The catalog even had Trapper Nelsons in it. 
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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Matt
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Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:03 pm |
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Great find.
Some interesting shifts in camping gear since then.
Wish I could have those prices.
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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Malachai Constant
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Picture on page 43 of Nema Tenzing who we knew and helped arange our trip to Nepal. I have pulled a lot of those old pins out of crags around here.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Ski
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Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:32 pm |
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love it.
Lowa Everest Double Boot $59.95
thanks! 
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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HitTheTrail
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Quite a find. Thanks for posting. Can't believe I actually had some of that stuff. Let me see...wasn't that about the time the "Seattle Sleeping Bag Co" went out of business and Eddie Bauer started fazing out camping/sports gear and started becoming a clothing store?
Edit: Or was it the Alaska Sleeping Bag Co.?
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Ancient Ambler
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I remember that catalog with the iconic Everest photo on the cover. After spending plenty of time dreaming about the gear in this catalog, I eventually got the Raichle Palu boots ($28.95!) and the massive REI Expedition Cruiser pack with red nylon bag and waist strap ($22.95) and got years of use out of them thereafter. Thanks so much for saving this gem, scanning it and sharing it with us.
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Malachai Constant
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Eddie Bauer didn't become a clothing store until the 80's. I got a Coleman Peak 1 stove and Trek XC skies for 75%off at their clearance sale of "hard" gear at the old Bellevue square and Rainier Square stores, makes me feel old. 
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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BirdDog
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Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:48 am |
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Thanks for posting that, great to see all that old gear.
"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country."
Teddy Roosevelt August 6, 1912
"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country."
Teddy Roosevelt August 6, 1912
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seawallrunner
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What a gift Schroder, scanning this all in for us to leaf through! Thank you.
Ah to buy some REI branded lederhosen for the upcoming hiking season 
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Schroder
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Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:04 am |
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| Jeff wrote: | | I believe Harvey Manning said that if you bought all of those hat ornaments back then and you had them today, you would be a rich man. |
I had quite a few but then someone stole my hat.
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Conifers
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JimK
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Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:06 am |
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Thanks Randy. I have old REI catalogs back to 1977 but nothing that far back.
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Ski
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Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:19 am |
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still have mine. still in great shape 45 years later. toasty!
too bad they're so damn bulky! 
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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