A Little History, Please

[John]

I have been trying to research the temperature rating and other specs of the mid 1970's REI Summerlight down bag. During this search I realized that what I really want and need is a digitized and searchable collection of all the old REI catalogs we can get our hands on, as well as a digitized and searchable collection of all electronic descriptions of all products that have ever carried the REI label but may never have appeared in print in  catalog. Remember catalogs?

[2manypacks]

I do miss the catalogs that we used to get several times a year but I suppose regrettably, time and technology trudges inexorably on. Nowadays, it would take a fortune to print and mail 17M+ catalogs to each member. There really was nothing like the feel and yes, even the smell of a catalog just received in the mail. I miss the stack of catalogs on the top of the toilet tank 😀