Art Naff had never been out of Baltimore before his service in world War II He was assigned to a unit called the Mule Pack. It turned ... started him off cleaning a saddle, scrubbing it with ...

Mules in hand, or sometimes donkeys, which are smaller but at times more readily available, the soldiers need to learn how to properly mount and tie on their pack saddles. Loads need to be ...

Sitting tall in the saddle on a mule named Emma, Bon led the parade of pack animals, wranglers and a handful of guest riders as it set out on the first leg of a monthlong journey. “Yeah,” she ...

The pack string consists of nine mules and five saddle horses. The pack is led by Glenn Ryan, a 22-year veteran of as a government packer with the U.S. Forest Service. Ryan also has duties as ...

"We usually run with about 12 head. Two riders, two saddle horses and 10 mules which each packer is stringing a pack of five mules," Davidson explained. "Sometimes we will string them all together ...

Annually, they'll travel 500 to 1,000 miles in the saddle and lift a half-million pounds onto and off pack mules. It's grueling, physical work, but a job and lifestyle they revel in. Packing gear ...

People looking to take pack horses or mules on their next trip afield face ... in a canvas tarp or “manty” to a special pack saddle. The method was developed at the turn of the 20th century ...