RE: [Paddlewise] Fashion Sense

I use heavy North Face for the mountains and light North Face for fast hill
walking - love it. Nice in the city too. I find the gear superior. There is
better - but more money. There is adequate and not so good, for less.
Fashion consequences? Unintended? Do know. Don't care. For kayaking and
cycling, I use other brands that are sport specific. Of course, shopping in
Wal-Mart is pretty sporting these days, given the cost of household goods as
we try to save dollars. Goodwill? Not so much for me. Regardless, I prefer
North Face (or even co-op gear)clad geeks roaming the malls over Gangsta
clad, older teens with an attitude...

DL

Craig said:   

Have you, like me, noticed how many people are wearing clothes by North
Face? Is this some fad I missed out on completely? Even the shoppers in
Wal-Mart (uh... I never shop there... my wife made me go in.... I shop at
Goodwill and Salvation Army) wear North Face clothes. It must drive the
Wal-Mart folks nuts.

To my daughter's everlasting shame, I have no fashion sense at all and am
happiest wearing an old sweater with holes in the sleeves that I got for
Christmas in 1972. And I swear that I saw a teenage girl prancing around the
mall in my old ripped and torn jeans. My wife went for the innocent look but
when I got back home I couldn't find them anywhere. So there went the only
possible fashion sense garment that I had.

For some reason I am on the email list of www.backcountry.com and they seem
to be having some sort of sale where they are offering tons of discontinued
bits of clothing by North Face. Since my 1972 sweater is still perfectly
good I have no need of this information but thought that there might be some
on Paddlewise who could benefit by giving it a look. North Face does,
apparently, make some stuff that is suitable for paddling and/or as a layer
under your drysuit.

I dunno if the prices are good and I have absolutely no link with
backcountry.com. They, on the other hand, seem to feel that they have a link
with me and are sending me friendly emails. It must have been the Kokatat
SeaO2 PFD I finally broke down and bought last month. I hope that's not on
sale... I'm afraid to look.

Luckily 1972 sweaters with holes in the sleeves have not as yet caught on
with the teenage girls.

Caveat Paddler.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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