Over The Head Pebee Flop
Backpacker Footnotes
Vol. 2, No. 5 - September 1978
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This method was used by several hikers including
Jeannie Harmon, Shellie Newell, Marce Guerrein, and others.
A demonstration of various HikaNation Hikers backpack loading methods can be seen
with the John Olmsted film, but none of them utilized the method shown above.
John Olmsted - HikaNation, Part 1 (r01) -- 51:42
https://archive.org/details/csfa_000062/csfa_000062_r01_access.HD.mov
The approximate location of the hikers hoisting their packs is at the 30:50 minute mark:
Breaking camp with different ways of hoisting packs with "Walking Bob" Rowe, Sammy & Chad Harris, and John Stout. None of them utilized the method shown above.
(pssssttt: this pack-hoisting-clip might load faster than the full video:
Three HikaNation Hikers hoisting their packs
).
A more complete description of this particular video is located here:
HikaNation Films by John Olmsted
HikaNation, Part 1 (r01) -- 51:42
California, Nevada, Utah
Article provided by
Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald
.
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