I remember my first purchase from REI - a Primus 71L stove - cost was 8 or 9 dollars. Shortly thereafter I purchased my first real climbing rope, around 20 bucks - 120 feet of 7/16 laid nylon. Ropes are now both longer and more expensive.
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