Brad, Toms query about Kodiak reminded me ( almost regrettably) of one creation. During the winter I scrounged a discarded piece of aircraft duraluminum skin. We fabricated a packing crate framed sled with pull ropes and a cargo net of - what else paracord ( something else I failed to "borrow" in quantity.) We intended to use it for hauling gear over a then rough section of the base, inaccessable to all but foot traffic. My chief ( imagine Spencer Tracey) decided we needed to test it. We dragged it up "OLD WOMAN", the low mountain overlooking the runway. The "test" was an excuse to go tobboganning ;O) It worked! so well, we flew down the slope and in front of our open mouthed C/O preflighting his C-130. My chief thought fast, and we popped proper buttonline salutes as we zoomed past and into the unyielding alders. They were both new englanders and I was soon relegated to being lookout as they reclimbed the mountain.