We did a similar April 1 column at Equipped. I still get inquiries
There are real examples in the world though. The Inuit would make sled runners from fish rolled up tightly in seal skins and frozen, providing an emergency or trip's end food source. The older marijauna slang term "smoking a rope"comes from sailors smoking short bits of hemp line. Lovely for sea sickness, but I wonder how many shops ran out of rigging? And who could forget the old folk story of stone soup? This does raise a more serious question of kit. People come up with ingenious devices that pull double duty; belts made of braided paracord, using shoelaces for saw handles etc. I can just see myself,standing in loose,laceless boots,trousers slipping down my skinny frame and some grizzly bear walking up.
