Over The Head Pebee Flop
Backpacker Footnotes
Vol. 2, No. 5 - September 1978

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.