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#canoe — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎒🏞️ The Smithsonian traces backpack #design from a two-million-year-old practice to Ötzi’s hazel-and-board frame around 3300 BCE, then follows improvements through a #CivilWar cavalry officer’s patented canvas-and-metal pack, a #Duluth #canoe-hauling design, #aluminum-frame #mountaineering models, and the nylon #JanSport that made the #backpack a school staple. Roughly 450 million are sold annually.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #backpack #history #invention #hiking #science #socialstudies #engineering #innovation #industrialdesign #school #outdoors #otzi

  2. @coreysnipes

    That #canoe is probably 40+ years old as well. Pretty close copy of a #Grumman 17ft outfitters standard.

    It was once wrapped around a pole by floodwaters and I bent the gunnels back into shape with a floor jack. Almost good as new. Gotta love #aluminum!