{"id":1782,"date":"2008-02-27T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/02\/27\/boutique-hiking-gear-makers\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T19:51:57","slug":"boutique-hiking-gear-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/02\/27\/boutique-hiking-gear-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boutique hiking gear makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve added a list of small companies that build cool gear way down on my right-hand rail. It&#8217;s not like this is really free advertising because these links generate about three clicks a century &#8212; they&#8217;re really just there so I can find them if I need to check out the latest Pepsi-can stove designs. Well, they&#8217;re also there to give props to all the guys and gals who make stuff in their garage and sell it online. Usually if you send an e-mail you talk directly to the CEO, which is much cooler than dashing off a note to, say, the director of Marmot, who will never see your words in a thousand years.  So, here goes: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antigravitygear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anti Gravity Gear<\/a> | Tarptents, stoves, cooksets (my wife got me one of their pot cozies as a birthday gift awhile back).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigskyinternational.com\/\" title=\"Tents, cozy clothing\">Big Sky International<\/a> | Tents, cozy clothing <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bozemanmountainworks.com\/\" title=\"Apparel, tarps, bivys, quilts, pads, titanium\">Bozeman Mountain Works<\/a> |  Apparel, tarps, bivys, quilts, pads, titanium<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brasslite.com\/\" title=\"Ultra-light backpacking stoves\">Brasslight<\/a>  |  Ultra-light backpacking stoves (I own one of these)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtygirlgaiters.com\/\" title=\"Wacky crud killers\">Dirty Girl Gaiters<\/a>  | Wacky crud killers for trail runners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.empirecanvasworks.com\/\" title=\"Winter apparel, handwear, mukluks\">Empire Canvas Works<\/a>  | Winter apparel, handwear, mukluks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fanaticfringe.com\/\" title=\"Packs, quilts\">Fanatic Fringe<\/a>  | Packs, quilts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freezerbagcooking.com\/\" title=\"Trail Food Made Simple\">Freezer Bag Cooking<\/a>  | Trail Food Made Simple<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gossamergear.com\/\" title=\"Packs, tarps, poles, pads\">Gossamer Gear<\/a>  | Packs, tarps, poles, pads <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ionstove.com\/\" title=\"\u201cWorld\u2019s lightest alcohol stove\u201d from Sgt. Rock at Hiking HQ\">Ion Stove<\/a>  | &#8220;World\u2019s lightest alcohol stove\u201d from Sgt. Rock at <a href=\"http:\/\/hikinghq.net\/\">Hiking HQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksrbetter.com\/\" title=\"Quilts, hammocks, tarps\">Jacks \u2018R Better<\/a> | Quilts, hammocks, tarps<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mogogear.com\/\" title=\"Stoves\">Mogo Gear<\/a>  | Stoves<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainlaureldesigns.com\/\" title=\"Packs, tarps, quilts, bivys\">Mountain Laurel Designs<\/a> |  Packs, tarps, quilts, bivys<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysteryranch.com\/site\/\" title=\"Packs by Dana Gleason of Dana Desigs fame\">Mystery Ranch<\/a>  | Packs by Dana Gleason of Dana Desigs fame <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nunatakusa.com\/\" title=\"Apparel, quilts\">Nunatak<\/a>  | Apparel, quilts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.owareusa.com\/\" title=\"Tarps, bivys\">Oware<\/a> | Tarps, bivys<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixmoondesigns.com\/\" title=\"Tarps, tents, packs\">Six Moon Designs<\/a>  | Tarps, tents, packs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarptent.com\/\" title=\"Henry Shires\u2019 Tarptents\">Tarptent<\/a>  | Henry Shires\u2019 Tarptents (based in Palo Alto)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.titaniumgoat.com\/\" title=\"Tents, tarps, bivys, poles, stoves\">Titanium Goat<\/a>  | Tents, tarps, bivys, poles, stoves <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomharrisonmaps.com\/\" title=\"Waterproof topo maps, Bay Area based\">Tom Harrison Maps<\/a>  | Waterproof topo maps (Marin County based)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/traildesigns.com\/\" title=\"Trail Designs\">Trail Designs<\/a>  | Caldera Cone Stove makers (South Bay based)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ula-equipment.com\/\" title=\"Packs, trowels\">ULA Equipment<\/a>  | Packs, trowels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please drop a note in the comments if any of your faves are missing. <\/p>\n<p>Also, mad props to Sam H. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/samh.net\/backpacking\/?do=showpage&#038;id=10\">This list expands on one at his site<\/a> (yes, I cribbed the format and some of his verbiage because it was just so damned concise; I like that kind of thing). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve added a list of small companies that build cool gear way down on my right-hand rail. It&#8217;s not like this is really free advertising because these links generate about three clicks a century &#8212; they&#8217;re really just there so&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/02\/27\/boutique-hiking-gear-makers\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[501],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}