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The Beginnings

March 6, 1995. The idea emerges at a hostel on Malta.

Our deluxe kitchen in Athens. We sold these stoves later.

Testing the first products.

The Walkabout Travel Smoke Detector. A best-selling product for twenty years.

The PUR Water Filter was our first filter.

HiLo Voltage Adapter Kit. We sold countless numbers of these over the years.

Moon Handbook, Travel Smoke Detector, and a banana.

Our Walkabout Wash Kit for clothes. A very popular product.

We had booked a hostel on Malta for six weeks when the idea struck.

All Maltese buses were green antiques.

Ħaġar Qim. Some of the oldest manmade structures on Earth. In 1995 you could still climb on them.

Hibernia House Hostel where Walkabout Travel Gear was born.

We planned to stay two weeks, but six weeks was about the same price.

Our view. I wrote about the pub across the street for Modern Drunkard Magazine.

➜ Modern Drunkard – Issue 63

Valletta harbor. I wrote about living in Malta for International Living Magazine.

➜ International Living — Jan. 1996

The Store

Worried the Internet was just a fad, we opened a store.

Our first and last retail outlet at 88 East Center Street in Moab, Utah.

The cliché “location, location, location” is not a cliché.

The first and most important rule of opening a retail outlet: don't.

Employees had plenty of free time.

Weary travelers could check their email.

The finest in travel accessories.

Previously a toy store, we purchased the fixtures.

Eagle Creek, Lonely Planet, Cascade Designs...

➜ Walkabout Travel Gear Press.

The hook of an early internet business located in the red rocks of Moab brought lots of press and online success but did not help the store.

The Basement

The Motor Homes

The Fulfillment Center

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