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Published online 20 December 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061218-8
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The backpack that's easier to carry
Backpack on bungees makes hiking less weary.
Bouncing backpacks can make hiking easier, researchers have shown.
Lawrence Rome and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have designed a backpack in which the load hangs suspended by bungee cords from a frame strapped to the walker's back1.
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