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Backpacker Magazine – June 2003

Sock Toss

Put some rocks in your socks.

by: Charles Adolewski

To suspend food in bear country, place a few rocks in a sock. Tie your rope around the sock and heave it over your chosen branch.
Charles Adolewski - New Britain, CT


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