{"id":1005,"date":"2007-02-14T07:48:41","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2007-02-14T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T12:48:41","slug":"an-ode-to-duct-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/02\/14\/an-ode-to-duct-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"An ode to duct tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=200770213018\">The Citizen-Times of Asheville, N.C., profiles a book about backcountry repairs. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe many wonders and uses of duct tape on the trail are extolled in a new pocket-size guidebook, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Forget-Duct-Tape-Repairing\/dp\/0898869064\">Don&#8217;t Forget the Duct Tape:<\/a> Tips and Tricks for Repairing Outdoor Gear,&#8221; by Kristen Hostetter, published by Mountaineers Books.<\/p>\n<p>\nHostetter, a columnist and former gear editor for Backpacker magazine, gives tips on how you can be a self-sufficient outdoor gear repair guru with a bit of duct tape and some other essential items packed away in a first aid kit for your gear.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe book also gives tips on selecting quality gear, preventive care for keeping gear in good working condition and offers a 12-item checklist for a backpacking repair kit in addition to paying homage to the mighty duct tape.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That reminds me, I still haven&#8217;t gotten  around to adding a bit of duct tape to my hiking poles (my theory is my backpacking gear will last much longer if I limit its exposure to the elements.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Citizen-Times of Asheville, N.C., profiles a book about backcountry repairs. The many wonders and uses of duct tape on the trail are extolled in a new pocket-size guidebook, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Forget the Duct Tape: Tips and Tricks for Repairing Outdoor&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/02\/14\/an-ode-to-duct-tape\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}