pack mules
Mountain cargo carriers
Pack mules are mules used to carry loads over difficult terrain.
Mules—the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse—are prized for their sure-footedness, endurance, and ability to navigate narrow mountain trails where vehicles cannot go.
The term extends figuratively to anyone who does the heavy carrying: I'm not your pack mule—carry your own gear.
- muleteerDriver of pack animals
- beast of burdenAnimal used for hauling
- switchbackReversing mountain path
- canyon rimUpper edge of gorge
- saddlebagPouch attached to seat
pannier · surefooted · packer · caravan · packhorse · military logistics · donkey · prospector · draft animals · gold rush · old west · frontier life · provisions · dead weight · cargo net · river crossing · expedition · hybrid
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- military animal transportationwar elephants, camel cavalry, horse cavalry, carrier pigeons, war dogs
- WWI suppliessupply depots, supply trains, rations, medical supplies, food distribution
- pack trainspackhorse, packer, packers, mules, donkey
- Westward ExpansionOregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, covered wagons, pioneers, frontier
- Horse-drawn transportcarriages, wagons, coaches, buggies, carts
method of transport
pack mulescargo trucks
Vehicles for hauling freight
freight trains · cargo planes · delivery vehicles · cargo ships · eighteen-wheelers