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How to carry more than your own bodyweight

by mike_kamau on 2/2/25, 8:59 AM with 1 comments

  • by meristohm on 2/2/25, 5:09 PM

    At ~175lbs and ~15yo I carried 270 pounds of furs in three stacked packs, like a voyager, with the shoulder straps and a tumpline or forehead strap. For about ten seconds of stumbling around.