While I applaud their business ethics, they fail in one key area for me: affordability. My hiking friends refer to them as Patagucci. Its always amusing to see people stepping out of a Lexus SUV all tricked out with Patagonia stuff.
Give me LL Bean anyday :-)
This sordid history of bannanas may sound far fetched, what with American troops invading countries to further the interests of big business. But here's a quick list of the Latin American governments we overthrew or interfered with in the 20th century.
And Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC-who fought in China, Honduras, Mexico, and Haiti said in his 1935 book, War is a Racket, "I made Honduras right for the United Fruit Company."
I'd be pretty nervous if I were Hugo Chavez.
Capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915 from the USMC collection, courtesy of Wikipedia
Sep 17, 9:49am
This sordid history of bannanas may sound far fetched, what with American troops invading countries to further the interests of big business. But here's a quick 