Boy’s Life – 1961-07 – Primitive Crossing – Ben Hunt
A one log outrigger raft to cross a river
Ben Hunt cautions the raft is only for good swimmers and hang on if you fall overboard
think of this as an outrigger canoe with the canoe being a log
Somewhat easy to control in the water, as the log gets water logged, it might get harder to control
but a quick alternative method for crossing a river
W Ben Hunt created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle names, and published articles under all three name – Ben Hunt wrote 2-4 articles per month for Boy’s Life, and I think he created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle to make is seem like there were multiple authors writing the articles
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Boy’s Life – 1961-07 – Primitive Crossing – Ben Hunt
