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I have used the clips because my left foot points to the outside from a badly set fracture when I was 12 years old.


If you really have to split wood out there, you can do it with a big knife (which I don't carry either) like a K-bar or other military knife, and another log. We're talking no bigger than 3" logs here. Personally never had to split anything when backpacking.

Hi-jack......

Howie....got me a Jerry Freeman 'blackbird' and 'mellow dog' headed this way. You played either of those? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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