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Show add 7/ •i was made of buckskin, a material that was strong and stury for the biting cold of western winters. For Harv Wood and his son, mountainmanning represents the free life and a chance to really get away from it all. A trucker by trade, he explained that he's always loved the outdoors. Mountainmanning offers him a chance to enjoy it to the fullest. But it's also something the entire family can participate in," added Pokiee Kwiavat (Lee Robertson of Salt Lake City, Utah). "There's no discrimination here. If women aren't out on the range firing or in the hills on a primitive rendezvous, then they are busy exploring what life was like back then for women. "And kids, they have a ball at these meets. It's a heck of a lot better to actually be doing it than watching Daniel Boone or Little House on the Prairie," he said-. 0'' Teenagers Jeff Anders, 16, and Ken Pollard, 19, got so enthused with the mountainmanning that at the last rendezvous they decided to walk in. "They dropped us off in the High Uintas about 60 miles from the rendezvous site. We had only our guns and buckskins. And we walked. But it was worth it. I can really appreciate what those guys went through. And besides I'll really have something to tell my kids about," he said, propping his moccasin-covered feet up to show off the big hole in the bottom. |