Mountain Equipment Co-Op ‘s Twitter was asking viewers today to post their favorite gear on their Facebook page.
Well, here’s my two cent on the favorite gear. My favorite piece of gear is a Garmont hiking / backpacking boots I bought from Mountain Equipment Co-op in 1997. I have worn them to over 20 countries over the past 12 years, and it is still waterproof. The treads, however, is wearing down a bit. The reason I can use it for so long is because I use it strictly for hiking and backpacking; I rarely use them on concrete roads. I have sneakers for that. I do go hiking quite a bit, almost every weekend in the summer. In the winter I have my snowboard boots for snowshoeing because it is way more snow-proof / cold-proof than leather hiking boots. The most important reason that I love to shop at MEC is because the gears they sell last for a very long time.
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