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REI’s In-Store Shoe Specialist Helps Seattle Hikers Find the Perfect Boots

REI’s In-Store Shoe Specialist Helps Seattle Hikers Find the Perfect Boots

Seattle’s Pete Smith has been fitting hikers with boots for the last 24 years.

NAME: Pete Smith OCCUPATION: Footwear sales specialist at REI CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB: Forest ranger ON CURIOUS CUSTOMERS: “A year after a customer has bought a pair of boots, they’ll come back saying, ‘I’ve been hiking for a year, and I just realized that I’ve had two left boots.’ It’s happened more than once.” FUN FOOT…

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