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Mags
05-08-2007, 00:20
I am doing a presentation on lightweight backpacking at a local outfitter. One of my points is that LWBPing is not new (think Grandma Gatewood, the light pack lists inthe Roledale set, etc.)

I also like to keep things lighthearted. So I included a Willie and Joe comic (http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Mauldins-Army-Greatest-Cartoons/dp/0891411593/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-2003841-7123041?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178597623&sr=8-2). Everyone who walks tries to lighten the load..some of us just do it differently. :) Thought may gave a few people a chuckle.

(WW2 history is an interest of mine. Bill Mauldin was also in the same division as my grandfather.)