Does anybody ever win those contests? You know the ones you enter – raffles or sweepstakes – that you usually never hear back from?
Well, as Mazama staff member Kati Mayfield found out – occasionally you do win, and the prizes can be awesome!
In the June Bulletin we featured a deal from our partner, Mountain Hardwear. For the last weekend in June they offered great discounts to Mazama members. Kati headed down to the downtown PDX Mountain Hardwear shop to grab some gear, and was informed by the staff that they were holding a “What’s In My Pack?” contest, where shoppers could guess what was packed into one of their Shaka backpacks; and, if they guessed correctly, win the contents.
Kati casually turned in her guesses, not expecting to hear anything back. But about a week later she had a message in her inbox (which she originally mistook for Spam), congratulating her for winning the contest. The prize? The Shaka 70 pack and all of its contents:
It has been far too hot to utilize the gloves, the rain pants and the cap. But the sleeping bag and pack got a good workout on an overnight in the Mt. Hood National Forest and a hike to Ramona Falls this weekend.
Thanks Mountain Hardwear! And, the moral of the story: enter the contests, especially when the winnings are so sweet!