History of Camping Gear: The Trapper Nelson Pack
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2024
- Lloyd Nelson gives America its first real backpack.
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Otzi, the name given to the man who died on a mountain pass in the Alps, 5000 years ago, carried an Nelson Pack as well! How is that possible.
Well, technically, Otzi's pack was closer to a hand made Roycroft pack than a Nelson, but you're right. The oldest pack known to Man is an wooden external frame pack.
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I love these videos. Thanks for making them!
Thanks for watching! We're going to try to keep them interesting.
Loved the historical info. I knew some of it, but you added to my knowledge. I have an older wooden frame BSA pack. The frame has a fold down shelf. Neither pack nor frame have a manufacturing tag.
Thanks for watching! After the Trapper Nelson became popular, a lot of folks were doing DIY/MYOG making their own. Boy Scouts could earn Merit Badges making their own gear, including packs and pack boards. As with most of the camping gear invented in the Early 20th Century, once the patent ran out competitors sprang up with copies and near copies with improvements and additions. The shelves were part of all that, whether folding or fixed.
@@sargevining DIY sure was a big deal. The December 1933 issue of Boys Life had instructions (iirc authored by Dan Beard) on how to make a pack board and pack.
I have two of the Trapper Nelson packs. I have them apart right now for repairs. The eyelets through the canvas on the pack board was not the best design. They tear after so many years of service. I have a Poirer style pack with the tump line made by an early Duluth Pack competitor. I wouldn't carry it all day, but it's not really for carrying all day. It is more of a cargo carrier for conoe portages. The tump line is to keep the weight directly on the spine. Voyageurs carried heavy loads of fur that way. They could carry a piano. Not me. I don't want to carry the portage bag full of can goods like they did in the Boundry Waters. To old for that kind of work and sherpas are hard to find.
Thanks for watching! The thing about the rod through eye bolts, is a design feature that continued on into the 1960s-80s on most aluminum external frame packs.
Love the opening scene, is that right off of the LSHT? Sure does look like it.
Actually, its about 200 yards from my front door. At the confluence of Jones Creek and the mighty mighty Brazos River in an area that can't be developed. Its a little mini-wilderness that used to be part of a ranch and hardly anyone goes there, even though its just a couple hundred yards. If it wasn't so dang hot, I'd shoot more video out there. I will be doing a Classic Camping trip out to Trailhead #8 when the temperature goes below one megaton.
Where is the link to the trapper Nelson advertising flyer you mentioned at 7:34 in the video?
Took me a while to find it. Here it is: digitalcommons.linfield.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=jcde_docs
Thanks for letting my know I forgot to add it to the comments. Gonna do that right now. Thanks for watching!
I have an original i love them
I seriously thought about using mine for my 1930s themed camping trip, but decided it was too much of a risk for the one I have. Thanks for watching!