Packing mules and horses is a tradition as old as domestication of the equine sort. GearJunkie’s Nicole Qualtieri spent a weekend digging into the American West’s take on how to pack mules and horses ...

A U.S. Forest Service pack string heads up the trail to Star Peak in the Kootenai National Forest loaded with materials to restore a fire lookout. In the lead is packer Cindy Betlach based in Troy, ...

RAEFORD - Despite the American military's 21st century technological might, sometimes the troops find that low-tech, centuries-old methods are the best tools to get their jobs done. Enter the mule, ...

Today, we will be taking a look at the fascinating creature known as the domestic pack mule (Daddus equus mulus). The ...

On the all-inclusive trips, the mules carry up to 30 pounds per person. The outfitter provides horses, food, drinks, cooking equipment, dishes, lanterns, portable toilet. You provide warm clothes, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 1—Mules Lucy, Sadie, and Suzy, and Charlie, a horse, were all tied to the fence at Hobbyhorse Place, north of Polson, waiting ...

LONE PINE, CALIF. — It was billed as a mobile art project designed to enhance appreciation for the Los Angeles Aqueduct on its 100th birthday and for the equine forces that helped build it: On Friday, ...

Action’s Graduate, left, and Action’s Shenanigan, white mule, joined the trophy saddle presentation with, from left, Dan Sehnert, facilities coordinator for the Department of Animal ...

There were three options: Use human labor to hike in lumber to repair a bridge along the Gore Range Trail, use mules to hike it in, or don't repair the bridge at all. Thankfully (for the trail teams) ...