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11-13-2015, 07:37 PM
I spoke with the local REI Outreach Coordinator today. She and the store manager are both excited about a goatpacking clinic! In January they will be deciding when the different clinics will be held. She wants to combine the goatpacking clinic with their Alternative Hiking event. I mentioned March to her and she thought March or maybe April would be great.
She was concerned they didn't carry goatacking gear. I told her REI carries everything for the goatpacker plus they carry dog packs that can be used on young goats who can't pack weight and other dog items that can be used for goats, books on hiking that goatpackers can use, etc. I also told her how e do trail work and that the next outing for the Columbia Basin Packgoat Club was a hike at a local preserve to do cleanup.
She said all of this fit perfectly with REI's goals.
If anyone at the clinic wants to get into goatpacking March or April are great times to buy kids, too!
I suggest anyone with an REI store within driving distance from them check to see if you can give a goatpacking clinic, too!
She was concerned they didn't carry goatacking gear. I told her REI carries everything for the goatpacker plus they carry dog packs that can be used on young goats who can't pack weight and other dog items that can be used for goats, books on hiking that goatpackers can use, etc. I also told her how e do trail work and that the next outing for the Columbia Basin Packgoat Club was a hike at a local preserve to do cleanup.
She said all of this fit perfectly with REI's goals.
If anyone at the clinic wants to get into goatpacking March or April are great times to buy kids, too!
I suggest anyone with an REI store within driving distance from them check to see if you can give a goatpacking clinic, too!
Goatberries Happen!