[SeaNat]

Anyone know when the Pacific Linen Garage sale will be going? And the Mountaineers gear swap? Thanks.

[JimK]

Taken from the Mountaineers web site: The Seattle Youth Committee will be holding its Gear Grab on Thursday, October 23, from 6:30-9 p.m. at The Mountaineers Building.

[Allison]

Big ski sale this weekend, 36th and Evanston. Evogear, mostly used with demo bindings, great prices if you are looking for an alpine setup. I got a pair of un-bindinged alpine skis there for my new AT setup for not a lot of dough. They have helmets, snowboard stuff, clothes etc too, but when I got there this morning the stuff was still semi-in boxes. Which was good, because then all I got was the skis. Hours 9a-7p now through Sunday.

[SeaNat]

Just got word from a friend of mine. The Pacific Linen sale is November 21 and 22. Great place to stock up on Thermarest pads for dirt cheap! I bought a 3/4 guidelite for $15 last May. Hoping to get a couple more. Thanks JimK for the info on the Mountaineers sale.

[Scouter]

What is the connection between Pacific Linen and Thermarest pads?

[marzsit]

it's on a need-to-know basis...

[Allison]

Wasn't the REI G sale last weekend? Okay people, what did you get??

[Bob K]

When I went there on Sunday afternoon, it was different from past years. There weren't very many people. I was looking for a line but there wasn't one -- no one else was going in. There was no line at the cash registers either -- there were always empty ones you could walk right up to. They didn't give out numbers (although they did on Saturday), but they did ask for a $1 donation. After I got in, all I saw were just a few boxes on the floor with junky clothes and a few tables towards the back with a few shoes. The shoes at the table with my size weren't very good, but when I went to the tables where all the sizes were mixed together, I found what I was looking for. I think they were trying to get rid of stuff at the end of the sale, because everything left at the sale was 50% off the marked prices, which were already heavily discounted. I ended up buying a lot of shoes for under $60. -Teva Proton water shoes ($5) -Teva Wraptor trail running sandals ($7.50) -slightly used Salomon XP Pro trail running shoes ($5) -Pair of Timberland casual dress shoes ($3) -slightly used Columbia Titanium boots for extreme winter weather down to -25 degrees ($10) -nice pair of dressy Sandals with crisscrossed leather ($5) -Used (broken-in!) pair of very heavy Asolo cinderblocks, sometimes referred to as mountaineering boots. ($10 -- $300+ new) -Zamberlan low cut goretex hiking shoes ($10) I haven't added it up, but it feels like close to a $1000 worth of shoes. I wasn't going to buy that many, but they all just fit too well and were too comfortable to pass up for those prices.

[Scouter]

Ok, Marzit. I need to know. Good enough? I'll be doing my own research, though, just to make sure.

[sarbar]

Hmmmmm...what did I get? Too freaking much! Saturday: A never used 2000 year model REI Sololite tent for $6.93(new cost $119) A Kelty external for $20.00(new $75) A never worn hiking shirt for the boyfriend for $9.93 (new $45-$55) Sunday: Chaco sandals for $5.93 A OR GTX sombero for $8.83-the return excuse was that it got wet. I took it home, washed it, and resprayed with the GTX Nikwax. Works fine, now the kid has a hat! These hat cost $54 new!! The boyfriend got even more deals I don't do the big stores, I do the small ones. I will miss the Federal Way store, as they will haggle away on sundays. I was shocked that the Tukwila one did NOT put everything on 50% off on sunday though-even Lynwood does that! They wanted more for the OR hat and I stood there till the sales clerk went down-it was size small and it needed to be resprayed-the price was just too high for it's problems. A good year though!