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March 20, 2004

Rag Socks, Siberia, Russia, 2001

Photograph by Mark Thiessen

"With budgets tight and boots loose, [for Russian smokejumpers] rags stand in for socks and saplings double as tent poles. 'Ten years ago we had more guys, but the equipment was bad,' says one veteran smokejumper. 'Now we have fewer guys, and the equipment is still bad!'"

—From "Russian Smokejumpers," August 2002, National Geographic magazine