We're doing jumping jacks on a ledge, 1800 feet above the valley.

One person cannot stop wherever from being damned, but I figure I would try.

I was pretty sure that the locals were saying bagging this.

I mean we're in this trap we're driving down the dark.

At Patagonia, we are climbers and skiers.

We are surfers and anglers.

We're activists and dreamers.

Stories are the fabric of our shared culture.

Visit us at Patagonia.com.

Okay, what do these four things have in common?

An Atlas, a 1995 Jansport backpack.

Big enough to drive a car into.

A VHS tape.

And a used rope.

What's the connection?

I don't expect you to get this one.

All these items, they're gifts that changed listeners lives.

For instance, three years ago, Rachel Mueller spent her first unplanned night beneath the stars in the cold, high country design.

And if you're a climber, you know that it's an unplanned bivvy.

It's kind of like a right of passage for us.

So after that cold night, her partner Philippe gave her an Atlas and described with this quote.

Now that you've learned to sleep on the ground, you'll find that there's a whole lot of ground out there to sleep on.

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