One of the best places to look for gear when your first starting out on your adventure life is in fact the thrift store. Ok, this might be a little out there but stick with me. let's face it when it all comes down to the nitty-gritty, we young people don't have a lot of money to spend at outdoors super store like REI and other like it. So what do we do? we let those who have said money buy the gear we want, hardly use it, donate, and we buy it. Simple, yes? On average thrift stores don't know what there looking at as a marmut hard shell comes through their hands, causing them to sell it for next to nothing. If you know what to look for, are willing to dig, hunt, and risk a few bucks and hours on a potential items then you might have your self a nice arsenal to your disposal after a few trips.
If how ever you find and an Item and think to yourself "I shouldn't buy this quite yet, I should wait until I get paid tomorrow", It will not be there tomorrow. You've just lost your find to what I call the 'Vultures', People who tend to watch others shop to see if they find and thing good and put it down. most of the time these people do not know or are unwilling to dig like us. They would rather let us do the research, digging, and hunting, instead of getting their hand dirty.
That being said here are some items I found:
That being said here are some items I found:
A Patagonia Large jacket with fleece on the is side.
(I did not buy this, too big)
A women's 'wilderness experience' Jacket size small.
(For a lady friend)
5$
A size medium 'seventy seven' snow board jacket.
7$ worth 100$
'snow gear' pant size small
10$
Vibram Minimus
3$ worth 130$
'lands end'
10$ worth 40$
(yeah, i know not too good of a find.)
'High-Tec' boots
5$ worth 140$
'Jagged edge mountain gear' shirt
free :D
pololarXposure
3$ worth 80$
ORC PCU soft shell
$7.50 can't be baught anywhere else unless your military and it's issued to you
(iraq here I come!)
(now my masterpiece!)
vasaque boots
4$ worth 200$!
Good luck out there, happy hunting.
Don't be a HOARDER!
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