[at-l] thur hike with ipod

[stephensadams at hotmail.com (Steve Adams)]

OrangeBug,

Reference your post, dated 11-7-04, advising ?I used to joke about my old 
heavy North Face backpack with side impact airbags, cappuccino maker and 
solar panel cell phone rechargers.?  You advise, Brunton sells Solar 
products for backpackers, which ?complete the nightmare.?

Stuff similar to this has been around a long time.  I recall a very real 
discussion on this list about backpacking pillows.  Relax, I?m not going to 
embarrass anyone.

The owner of an outfitting store used to joke about a backpackers pillow she 
sold.  Anyone could walk into her store and ask, ?what do I NEED to go 
backpacking?? they would start you out with generic minimalist.  If you were 
satisfied with that, it was very inexpensive.  If you wanted more, they 
would provide you with what you wanted.  If you walked in asking for a 
mink-lined sleeping bag, and it existed, she would happily sell it to you.

She went out of business.  Employees of local nationwide outfitters, who 
eagerly push backpackers pillows, miss the real baseline her business 
represented.

We are ?the nightmare.?

Steve

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