{"id":464,"date":"2006-05-23T06:59:44","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T11:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=464"},"modified":"2006-05-23T06:59:44","modified_gmt":"2006-05-23T11:59:44","slug":"jacks-r-better-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2006\/05\/23\/jacks-r-better-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacks R. Better profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/business\/local\/dp-27887sy0may23,0,5170353.story?coll=dp-business-localheads\"> A story about those guys who make down quilts for hammock camping: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Convinced that there had to be a better way to hike, the two Jacks began experimenting with lightweight equipment that still kept campers warm. With a sewing machine and a few ideas, Myers and Tier created down quilts from scratch in Tier&#8217;s Williamsburg home.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nNow, after three years in business, Jacks &#8216;R&#8217; Better is making a name for itself over the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/Backpackinglight.com\">Backpackinglight.com<\/a>, acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as &#8220;home to one of the most fanatic pound-shedders on the planet,&#8221; has featured several of Jacks &#8216;R&#8217; Better products.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nThe Jacks have sold their products to hikers in eight countries and 39 states, and sales continue to increase.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re on target to sell double what we sold last year,&#8221; Myers said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t keep up with the demand.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Any hammock campers out there want to make the case for\/against sleeping in a sling? Don&#8217;t recall that we&#8217;ve discussed it much around around here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A story about those guys who make down quilts for hammock camping: Convinced that there had to be a better way to hike, the two Jacks began experimenting with lightweight equipment that still kept campers warm. With a sewing machine&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2006\/05\/23\/jacks-r-better-profile\/\">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},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"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=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}