Search Chum

Share Chum
RSS Chum
Translate Chum

 

« Life in the Mariana Trench | Main | TAKE ACTION: Two minutes can help protect 14,000 miles of Oregon streams. »
Monday
Sep142015

The Near-Death Experience that Inspired the First Patented Down Jacket

DateMonday, September 14, 2015 at 12:00AM

 

Eddie Bauer came up with the idea for his lightweight down insulated jacket after almost freezing to death steelhead fishing on the Olympic Peninsula.

LINK (via: Mental Floss)

AuthorEl Guapo | CommentPost a Comment | Reference2 References
tagged , in ,

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

References (2)

References allow you to track sources for this article, as well as articles that were written in response to this article.

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
Alert
Comment Moderation Enabled
Your comment will not appear until it has been cleared by Chum editor. Sometimes approval takes a day or two as the day job gets in the way.

Notify me of follow-up comments via email.