Frostline Kits- Who Sewed Their Own Booties WBITD?!?

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flakyfoont

Trad climber

carsoncity nv

Aug 21, 2010 - 09:26pm PT

My frostline vest lasted through a decade of abuse. fortunatly my bad hairdo dident

Ricky D

Trad climber

Sierra Westside

Aug 21, 2010 - 09:39pm PT

Jeebus - now we REALLY know who the hippies were in our community.

Next you will be telling us about those righteous macrame plant hangers you used to make too.

:) ;)

11worth

Trad climber

Leavenworth & Greenwater WA

Aug 21, 2010 - 09:43pm PT

Steve,
My wife made most of our gear from Frostline WBITD:
Sleeping bags
Tent
Jackets
Vests
Booties
Down jackets
I still have and wear my down jacket!!

couchmaster

climber

pdx

Aug 22, 2010 - 12:10am PT

I still have my Frostline down coat. Unfortunately, I can only claim the hood as my Make, the coat was my wife's successful attempt at wiggling into my heart. It worked and we're still together. My brother bought me a Feathered Friends ultralight waterproof Event fabric down coat (it was to help them out when they had that container of finished goods stolen - he ordered it ny coat November, they finished it in late June!) which outperforms the Frostline. I got it up to Coethedral in July last year and fortunately there was still snow to ease the late delivery pain.

So I'll probably have that Frostline down coat still in the closet when I pass away.

bergbryce

Mountain climber

Oakland

Aug 22, 2010 - 12:48am PT

I was super stoked when grandpa gave me his external pack, Snow Lion bag, some cool canister stove and his Frostline tent! I didn't know anything about it except it seemed a lot better than my pup tent.
It had an ungodly, rotten 70s polyester odor upon first inspection. I thought it wasn't a big deal but it was. Don't remember what happened to it but I never took it on a trip :-(
Does anyone offer kits like this these days?
I'm interested in sewing some of my own stuff, this would be a reasonable intro methinks...

Gene

Social climber

Aug 22, 2010 - 12:55am PT

Snow Lion. I still have a couple of jackets from that crew. One on the first to go with sythetic fill. Good stuff.

Ken M

Mountain climber

Los Angeles, Ca

Aug 22, 2010 - 02:00pm PT

Still have a vest, booties, and parka.
Great stuff, much missed.

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Aug 22, 2010 - 02:25pm PT

I didn't sew, but my mother did a great job
on my rain chaps. . .
(I wuz back in the east, then). . .

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2010 - 02:47pm PT

Frostline Fashion Show!

Post up some photos folks!

bmacd

climber

Relic Hominid

Aug 22, 2010 - 02:54pm PT

gortex rain jacket, my wall hammock, gaitors, rain pants, rain poncho, knickers from wool army pants, stuff sacks, gear slings, chalk bags, etc etc etc

maybe I should have started a gear company back in the late 70's

caughtinside

Social climber

Davis, CA

Aug 22, 2010 - 02:57pm PT

Frostline vest sewed by my aunt for my grandpa sometime in the 70s? Vest is likely older than I am.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2010 - 03:31pm PT

Evening Length Biviwear...LOL

OlympicMtnBoy

climber

Seattle

Aug 22, 2010 - 03:40pm PT

Does anyone offer kits like this these days?
I'm interested in sewing some of my own stuff, this would be a reasonable intro methinks...

Not as much with climbers anymore, but a few of the ultralight backpacking folks make their own stuff still. ThruHiker has some kits for down jackets, vests, sleeping quilts, etc although I haven't personally made anything.

http://www.thru-hiker.com/kits/

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2010 - 11:13am PT

Booty call Bump!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Aug 27, 2010 - 11:25am PT

Met my ex at an outdoor goods show - she was working for Frostline! LOL!
Of course, since I worked for the Evil Empire I didn't want for much but I
did sew a set of bike panniers.

Jay Wood

Trad climber

Fairfax, CA

Aug 27, 2010 - 12:06pm PT

Yeah, I made some stuff, and my mother made some stuff.

Windbreaker, booties, down jacket, vest. Maybe more.

Great intro to sewing. I made a bunch of other stuff, too- packs, panniers, tarps, clothes, and customizing gear.

I think the down jacket, and maybe the booties still exist.

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Aug 27, 2010 - 12:25pm PT

I sewed a sleeping bag and (with my mother's help) a down vest in 1969. I used them both for more than ten years, and would have used the vest longer except that I made the mistake of carrying a car battery in it, and empirically discovered what battery acid does to ripstop nylon.

John