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:TACKS FOK PEDESTRIANS 119my summer list, and if a haversack is added, youhave a particularly irksome "flip-flop" to impedeyou, and the "advantage" of shifting weights isthen lost. A blanket roll is suitable only for aday's hike and a one-night camp ; even so, it is muchless comfortable than a light pack on one's back.Pack Harness.— I leave out of account simpletump lines and the like, because they are practicalonly for canoeists carrying heavy burdens acrossportages.A pack harness is anarrangement of strapsfor carrying an outfitmade up into a bundleinside the blanket, orfor toting two duffelbags strapped side byside. The illustration(Fig. 23) shows onewith tump or head-bandadded. If bags are notused, the bundle mustbe wrapped in a packcloth of strong waterproofcanvas (the tent23.—Pack HarnessFig,with Head Strapor shelter cloth willnot do, for it needs protectionfrom rough usage). As to this method ofpacking I quote from the book on Winter Camping(Outing Handbooks) by Warwick S. Carpenter,who has had more experience with It than I"The arrangement that I have frequently used isthat of the pack cloth, with the outfit and blanketsor sleeping bag folded inside. Its flexibility forvarious sizes of load commend it strongly, and thepack cloth may be used as shelter iDesides, or as aground cloth in a lean-to or tent. The method ofmaking this pack is to lay the pack cloth on theground and place the blankets or sleeping bag foldedonce on top of the cloth. Place the outfit as compactlyas possible on the blankets or bag and foldit tightly in, making; the bundle . . . consider-