Packers come to Montana to learn from Smoke and the mules

The best teachers at the Ninemile Remount Depot’s packing class never say a word, and might kick you into next week if you get a lesson wrong.

Bert, Bart, Ernie and Palmer keep an impassive watch on their students as they swing wooden planks, fuel tanks, chainsaws, canvas sheets and rope on and off their saddles. As the heavy lifters of the U.S. Forest Service’s backcountry freight delivery system, these mules give the final grade.

Ninemile Remount Depot http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lolo/specialplaces/recarea/?recid=10297&actid=120

ROB CHANEY [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/outdoors/packers-come-to-learn-from-the-mules/article_379151cc-0646-5c71-ac3a-e4a943b9613e.html

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