Get Ready For Backpacking

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May/June 1978
By Martin Fox 
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Another good way to get almost-new equipment for less-than-new prices is to check with outdoor shops for information on end-of-the-year sales of rental equipment. (You might also go around to the summer camps in your area to see if they're interested in selling—or bartering—any used gear.)

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Then too, you may well want to make your own backpacking equipment. Kim Zarney's article in MOTHER NO. 15 (pages 68—73) will get you started.

Have fun shopping . . . and happy trails!

MAIL ORDER BACKPACKING EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

The equipment depicted in this feature can be obtained by mail from L.L. Bean, 511 Casco, Freeport, Maine 04032; Camp 7, 802 S. Sherman, Longmont, Colo. 80501; Co-op Wilderness Supply, 1432 University Ave., Berkeley, Calif. 94703; Eastern Mountain Sports, 1041 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 02215; Eddie Bauer, P.O. Box 3700, Seattle. Wash. 98124, Gerry, 5450 N Valley Hwy., Denver, Colo. 80216; Holubar Mountaineering Ltd., P.O. Box 7. Boulder, Colo. 80302; Jansport Co., Paine Field Industrial Park, Everett, Wash. 98204, Kelty Pack, Inc., P.O. Box 639, Sun Valley, Calif. 91352; Recreation Equipment, Inc., P.O. Box 22088. Seattle, Wash. 98122; Sierra Designs, Fourth and Addison Streets. Berkeley, Calif. 94710: and The Ski Hut, 1615 University Ave., Berkeley, Calif. 94703. When writing for information, be sure to enclose $1.00 to help cover the cost of a speedy re ply. And tell 'em MOTHER sent you!

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