Jack Stephenson was a friend of mine. For many years I used his gear as I hitched hiked about the US on my way to and from college, conferences and National Parks. One day in the Ten Lakes area of the Sierra’s a bear damaged my backpack. I made my way to Jacks in Southern California and found post cards on his shop walls that I had sent over the years. Iconoclastic, bombastic and brilliant Jack was an Aerospace engineer who made a tent for himself in 1955 that changed the camping industry forever.
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