Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson, CEO
Mountain Equipment COOP
149 West 4th Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 4A6

August 28, 2006

Dear Peter,

Exactly 7 days ago I embarked on a tour bicycling adventure down the Sunshine Coast (in British Columbia).

My trip began at 7:00 AM when my friend Jaylene and I drove from Victoria to Campbell River. We biked 30 KM to Comox and took a 3:30 ferry, arriving at Powell River close to 5. After stopping at Safeway for some food, we continued our journey.

The hills were intense. I wanted to die. We made it to our first campsite at 8:00, and that evening I wrote a poem.

biking.
up.
down.
hills.
fast.
exciting.
speeding.
heavy.
gravel.
wobbling.
fear.
uncontrolled.
falling.
grinding.
gliding.
still.

i cry.

Thank you for outsourcing your manufacturing to such high-quality “export processing zones”. Thanks to the made-in-china gloves I purchased from your store, my hands were unscathed by my fall. Had I not been protected by your gloves, I would have had to abort my tour bicycling trip on day one. Swimming across the pavement was actually sort of funny – especially since the only parts of me damaged were my shoulders, hip, and ego.

Have a great week,

Jeremy David