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Looptworks Kampung Short: Limited Edition Clothing

Some awesome quotes from the article by Jason HeatoncloseAuthor: Jason Heaton Name: Jason Heaton
Email: jheaton@gearpatrol.com
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About: I’ve always been a bit of an adventure fiend, a Midwestern boy seduced by the exoticism of adventure magazines and Hemingway novels. So, I feel like I’ve arrived now that I’m writing for Gear Patrol. It justifies as “research” a lifetime of tramping about the planet, climbing mountains, diving wrecks, and having a basement that looks like your local outdoor shop. Though I lean towards the Polarfleece aesthetic, I’ve been known to enjoy the occasional urban weekend in a tweed jacket or an evening in (gasp!) a tie. I only wear mechanical watches, drive my adequately patina’d Alfa Romeo Spider right up until the snow flies, and always keep an open bottle of single malt close at hand. My sporting cred runs the gamut from velodrome bike racing to Nordic skiing. I’ve done adventure races; I golf twice a month in the summer, have summited Colorado 14ers,and have even been scuba diving everywhere from Sri Lanka to Boston Harbor. I’ve traveled extensively in Europe, the US, and Asia, somehow earned an English Literature degree and learned German, French, and Latin along the way. I have studied photography and can make a mean saag paneer. I can’t say where Gear Patrol will take me. But as someone once said: “it’s not an adventure if you know the outcome.” And that’s just the way I like it. I’m here to serve you, my fellow adventurers.See Authors Posts (28) posted on Wed, Dec 9, 2009:

“They call it upcycling, since it’s not using re-worn clothing, but rather new fabric leftovers or pre-consumer waste.”

“The Kampung Short has a vaguely board short look, with a long rise and loose fit…. They include… mesh-lined pockets, all in a lightweight nylon that looks and feels like cotton was as suited for a stroll in town as it would be for an ocean swim.”

“But hurry, if you want a pair that looks like mine, you’d better act fast. There are only 186 pairs left.” – Jason Heaton

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