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BEN COSSEY ON HIS JACKET

y trusted The North Face Nuptse down jacket was an aquamarine(ish) marvel. Pre-greased and pre-stained a shiny brown from it’s previous owner who’d lived more than a few seasons in the Pines, Arapiles. He’d palmed it off to me for twenty bucks and thought he’d ripped me off but I knew I’d come away from the transaction the better. I knew right away that I

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