[pct-l] Gear Trends Magazine

[Deems]

Thanks for sharing, it's like a walk along my youthfull memory lane of 
backpacking gear... Hope ole' Stoner is recuperating well during his zero 
days..
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Here is very interesting  publication on gear.  It is a trade magazine for
the industry.  Their  winter 2007 issue has a neat article on the history of
gear.  Go  to:

_www.geartrends.com/cgi-bin/geartrends/outdoor_winter_07.html_
(http://www.geartrends.com/cgi-bin/geartrends/outdoor_winter_07.html)

Your pal, Switchback the Stone