[at-l] Lightweight - Not!

[jestbill at yahoo.com (william fitzpatrick)]

Mighty funny.  If you go to your local REI and ask anyone if they've heard of a
tump line, you'll just get a funny look.

Google seems to have heard of it.

I believe some canoeists have been known to use 'em.
--- Jim Bullard <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> At 08:28 AM 6/18/2005 -0400, Steve Landis wrote:
> >http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0616_050616_nepalporter.html
> >or
> >http://tinyurl.com/7t5o3
> >*...
> >*"On average, the men and women respectively bore 93 percent and 66 
> >percent of their body weight, the researchers report."
> >...
> >"A porter's gear is simple but effective: The load goes into an oversized 
> >basket, or /doko,/ which rests against the back. A strap runs underneath 
> >the doko and over the crown of the head, which bears most of the weight. 
> >Each porter also carries a T-shaped walking stick called a /tokma."
> >
> >/Steve/
> 
> My first job was in the warehouse for a slipper factory. I quickly learned 
> that the best and easiest way to carry large cases of slippers was on top 
> of my head. I don't know how much they weighed but each case contained 
> between 3 and 6 dozen pairs of sheep fleece lined leather slippers in their 
> retail boxes (women's and children's sizes had more to a case). The top of 
> my head was a bit sore for the first week or two but carrying them on top 
> of our heads with the weigh pressing straight down the spine was much 
> easier than anything else we tried.
> 
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JestBill  Ga--->Me '03

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