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Differences Between Tom Murphy And John Drafter

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Tom Murphy and John Colter both like traveling and they both know how to keep them self 's prepared they both take water, warm blanket, food to eat and flash lights. Tom Murphy uses ski gear to walk through the snow because with his bear feet your feet would get so cold and you wouldn’t be able to feel them for a while. He finds a spot that has two trees next to each other so he could put up a 8inch tent type of thing he hangs it up with string once he gets it up he lay 's down a blanket and he lay 's on that blanket and falls asleep. He takes whatever kind of stuff he can, but he doesn 't want the bag to be really heavy so he packs the things he

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