Trapper Nelson Indian pack boards

[Patrick Corry]

Here’s what I used in my youth. We wrapped our gear in an Army surplus poncho, then diamond-hitched the load to these packboards. My scout troop had several dozen of ‘em.

https://www.omahas.com/shop/ww2-packboard/

 

[Canotrouge]

Here’s what I used in my youth. We wrapped our gear in an Army surplus poncho, then diamond-hitched the load to these packboards. My scout troop had several dozen of ‘em.

https://www.omahas.com/shop/ww2-packboard/

I have a friend that uses those for packing meat out on moose hunting trips.... They work!

 

[ppine]

I started backpacking in 1960, and my Dad lent me his Trapper Nelson for many trips. Now it hangs in his basement in Seattle and is still in good shape.

 

[ppine]

Dad is 97 and now has moved to assisted living.
I brought the Trapper Nelson home and I look at it every day. It makes be imagine what it is like to be 12 again and hitting the open road with no adults around.

 

[ppine]

Update, Dad is now 98 and living at home. I am going to start using the TN for day hikes. I love the thing.

 

[ppine]

I bought a down mummy bag from the Alaska Sleeping Bag Co right around 1969. They went out of business soon after that. I never got the bag or a refund. It was crushing to lose $85 back in those days.

 

[Boatman53]

I too lost some money when they closed Ppine. I forget what it was I was buying but I still remember the loss and frustration.
Jim