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North Face refuses to sell its polyester jackets to an oil services company

A growing list of companies are bowing to pressure from climate-change groups to stiff-arm the oil-and-gas industry, but as far as Adam Anderson is concerned, The North Face shouldn’t be one of them.

Mr. Anderson, CEO of Innovex Downhole Solutions in Houston, went public last week after The North Face rejected an order for 400 jackets with the Innovex logo because, as he told CBS7 in Midland, “we were an oil-and-gas services company.”

The denial came even though the vast majority of The North Face hoodies, coats, gloves, snow pants and other apparel, as well as tents and backpacks, are made with nylon, polyester and polyurethane — all of which come from petroleum. Fleece jackets are also polyester.

With the exception of gasoline stations, there may be no industry in the world more dependent on fossil fuels than outdoor recreation, and yet The North Face is hardly alone. Patagonia for years has supported anti-fracking causes despite its heavy reliance on petroleum products for its apparel.

A modern kernmantel rope has a test strength of around 4,500 lbs. Its hemp rope predecessor, maybe 500, and that’s if it wasn’t wet or frayed. If you’re falling 100 feet, you may want a stronger rope, or I would.

Stupid, ignorant morons, pulled by their noses by cynical corporate executives.