[HartleyMBaldwin]

I remember driving from Portland to Seattle in 1973 to go to REI, when the Seattle store was either the only one or the closest one (don’t recall which).

I got a Kelty backpack that I still use, and a pair of boots that are long gone.

[Falconspeed]

Thanks. I am glad to hear that your Kelty pack from 1973 still works. My Jansport pack from 1978 still works, too.