We have a bit of a backlog here at CiloGear right now. We’ve got about 35 direct sales packs on our board. That might sound like a lot, but think about it this way:
We finish between 5 and 10 packs most days.
35/5 = 7 or 35/10 = 3.5
In other words, you’re looking at most 10 business days for orders put in today, the 10th of March.
We read with interest today that the FTC is going after companies manufacturing rayon clothing and calling it bamboo. Personally, I’ve wondered how long it’s going to take to see action on this. The rules, regulations and laws are pretty clear about how a company can label a sewn product. For example, have a look at the FTC’s Textile Label Instructions which are incredibly clear and easy to read:
Fibers, whether natural or man-made, must be identified by their generic names. The Commission recognizes certain names that must be used to identify man-made fibers. See Appendix, p.41. In addition, the Commission recognizes the names listed in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard 2976: 1999(E), “Textiles — Man-made fibres — Generic names.”
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Fiber trademarks or generic names appearing on non-required labels or tags must not be false, deceptive, or misleading. For example, a fiber trademark must not be used to indicate or imply that a product is made completely of a certain fiber when it isn’t.
Graham (with some help from some friends…) will be showing off CiloGear packs at the Alpine Training Center in Boulder, CO on Thursday, the 11th of February.
Joe Puryear and David Gottlieb are at it again. In what is about to become a stream of talent, they are headed to Asia to do some climbing. Ice Climbing. Oh, and maybe they’ll knock off this guy too:
Joe and and David are sporting their Non-Woven Dyneema WorkSacks again this trip, and traveling with CiloGear Duffels…
Graham got back from OR. Luckily, Michael didn’t go and everything is still going smoothly here at CiloGear World HQ.
NWD 75L in Red
Well, We got some of the V5 packs up. They’ve all got new white framesheets and a bunch of “under the hood” upgrades.
Check out the 800 gram (for the pack bag) NWD 75L or the 220 gram NWD 20L. We’ve updated all the prices and the colors. We’re working on getting the images of the new stuff up. Have a look at the new, improved photo site to see some of the new stuff, like the clamshells…
At long last, CiloGear is proud to announce the Fifth Generation of what folks are calling the world’s best climbing packs. Whew! While it’s true, that took some balls to type! So, instead of showing off a new V5 pack from the Guides Choice award winning WorkSack line up first, how about something totally new?
I’m proud to introduce our newest product: the CiloGear Duffel Series.
We’re starting with a traditional kind of Duffel that fixes the typical problems of duffels for expeditions and heavy travel. I’ll follow up with more details on them as the week continues, but here are the first pictures — you can also check out our updated photo site at photos.cilogear.biz …
3/4 View of the CiloGear Duffel
Found over on Kelly’s blog, a strong argument to finish off the blog fight year…
Happy New Year!
This is the last moment before folks travel. Sure, many of you are traveling right now, heading home to family and childhood friends. But let’s face it: that’s not traveling. Nope, traveling is when you get up and head away. Some are already gone while others are mixing up the margs. Some are even thinking deeply and writing expressively.
Some of you are in Thailand. Playing tug of war rather than climbing.
Some of you are solo in El Chalten, interestingly not posting any updates…
One is looking for targets on the Internet while plotting a secret trip to a very public face. Mt Rushmore, no doubt.
I suspect that some of the most over travelled are gladly at home not writing their next book. But hopefully making more movies of trips far and near.
Me? I’m watching the dog sleep. And refreshing http://climbnepal.blogspot.com/ a whole bunch. Now, I know that Joe and David aren’t going to be actually climbing for a few more weeks, but…
From what little they’ve told me… oh boy oh boy oh boy, now, that could be a Christmas Present.
Merry Christmas to one and all!
I know, I know, CiloGear has the best blog in the world. Hey, we’ve got two readers. Hi Mom!
But seriously, two folks who can actually write are in a blog fight for total world domination:
In the left corner, a dominant collegiate boxer, who won the national title at 132 lbs.
In the right corner, a Brit.
So far, they’re both even. They both have been known to wear glasses, and I’ve even heard that they have been known to stay with each other when traveling the world.
Who will achieve ultimate victory? The philosophical meanderings and stories over at kellycordes.wordpress.com or the terse analytics over at andy-kirkpatrick.com ?
