[pct-l] How to put on your backpack

[Heather Darnell]

(Response to the following, which I won't copy here because I didn't seek the author's permission.)
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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:31:23 -0700
From: Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
Subject: [pct-l] How to put on your backpack
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So grateful I am not a marine - my back hurts just seeing this! I guess because my pack is so much lighter I don't feel like I would ever need to do this. And with a really heavy pack, well, heaving it up over my head seems to beg for muscle strain. 
Industrial Safety teaches us to squat and use our legs to lift, not our backs, right??

Blessings, 
Heather Darnell