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Certainly anyone willing to pay the $1,700 price tag for such compact transport might easily see the value of the $319 MemBrain Denali jacket. The lightweight parka, made by Marmot of Santa Rosa, California, adjusts to the wearer's activity level: if one is, say, paddling briskly in the rain, strands of temperature-sensitive molecules expand to let vapor escape--then tighten up to trap body heat and prevent the chills when the canoer takes a break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SEDATE OUTDOORS | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

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