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NEW PRODUCT » Walk-Around Snowsuit/Sleeping Bag + The History of the Freedom Shelter
The History of the Freedom Shelter To the best of my knowledge, a fellow named Ron Asher—who never served in the military—created the FREEDOM SHELTER, which you can see on the web site. The year was 1984 and he patented it. It is a multi-purpose bivi bag that would configure to a rain poncho. He offered it to the [...]
advertising in the outdoor industry
ADVERTISING IS WHAT COUNTS IN THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY NOT PERFORMANCEMy supplier of insulation, Climashield, and I were talking about my last commentary and I told him that I was of the opinion that Gore’s advertising was key to their sales.He told me that the reason outerwear marketing companies are on board the Primaloft train was for the same reason. [...]
you cannot fake reality
REWRITING REALITY BY AYN RAND AND LEONARD PEIKOFF“Unable to determine what they can or cannot change, some men attempt to “rewrite reality”, i.e. to alter the nature of the metaphysically give. Metaphysical: I use the word “metaphysical” to mean: that which pertains to reality, to the nature of things, to existence. The attempt to alter the nature of the [...]
government purchasing
MORE ABOUT HOW THE MILITARY SKIRTS THE BUY AMERICA ACTRecently a solicitation came out for a zero degree rated sleeping bag. The solicitation named the bag; the Western Mountaineering Kodiak cost $570.00 each. It is my understanding that Western Mountaineering gets all of their shells made in Asia and of course the down comes from China. If this [...]
More About Lamilite Socks & New Chukka Boots...
More About the Wonderous Performance of Lamilite Socks I received an e mail from a Battalion Commander who is the State Biathlon Coordinator of his training Regiment. “I have used your Lamilite socks last winter during a biathlon competition; cross country skiing and shooting. They worked as advertised and my feet were never cold and the sweat absorbed into the [...]
sailing clothing
ARE YOU A SAILOR?Anyone who has spent some time on the water and still does knows that they get wet. It makes no difference to me how expensive foul weather gear you have water does get in. by the same token if the foul weather gear is water-proof you still get wet, and that is because the moisture [...]
Why You Want Leather Boots
The other day a fellow called inquiring about the Lamilite boots and how they performed in water. I asked if he intended to walk into a stream or lake; he said no, his concern was (as is many outdoorsmen's) the effect of wet grass that he would be walking through. Of course it is easy to say that you [...]
Video Testimonial › Wiggy's Lamilite Socks: The Perfect Winter Sock...
Can't see the video above? Watch this customer testimonial about the effectiveness of Wiggy's Lamilite Socks on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIUQn1xD1E. As you can imagine I was as pleased as punch to see it. Stonnie stated every aspect of the Lamilite socks I have written about. Whether or not he read the information on the web site or just ordered [...]
military attitude towards footwear
THE MILITARY AND FOOTWEARA few weeks ago a SEAL base put out a solicitation for Salomon Quest 4D GTX hiking boots. When I read the solicitation I found that the boot was lined with Gore-Tex. I further scrutinized the solicitation and could not find that the product had to be made in the USA under the buy America Act [...]
COMING SOON › Chukka Boots!
NEW HIKING BOOTMy new hiking boot I call a CHUKKA boot. The definition is an ankle high boot with lace eyes at the bottom and hooks at the top. It comes from the sport of polo.That said, when I started selling the 10 inch Lamilite leather boots last year a number of customers inquired about an 8 [...]