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slack pack
 v.— «Slack pack—v. walking without the heavy pack; having someone drive the hiker to and from the trail heads.» —“Glossary Of Hiker Terms” by Norma Jean DeVico Times (Trenton, New Jersey) Sept. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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