I’ve been tracking HikerDeals.com for the past couple weeks. I wanted to see if it was legit or some kind of automated spamblog. Seems to be on the level — the discounts are pretty good and the site commentary looks to be generated by a real person rather than cut ‘n’ pasted from catalog copy.

My latest obsession is to see how long I can go without acquiring any new gear. It’ll be just like Seinfeld’s “Contest” but sadly lacking the “master of my domain” punchline.