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Inside at the Salt Palace, Looking Out

Outsider’s opinion on the Utah Outdoor Retailer’s Expo.

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If it bothered any of the 30,000 people buying, selling, and otherwise attending the gigantic Outdoor Retailer Summer Market earlier this month, they weren’t saying.

“It” being the following incongruity:

We were inside, manically focused on how best to accessorize our time outside with the perfect packs, pants, pads, and peanut butter patties.

Edward Abbey might have shuddered at the scene.

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