Actually you look like someone I know, right down to the pigtails! Well - you in the picture then looks like her now.

I remember those packs. My dad and his hunting friends all had theirs... he used to haul in the cast iron griddle and a dozen eggs, among other things. Definitely not NOLS gear list.
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