Thursday, December 16, 2010

Mules - The Wilderness Supply Train



BUFFALO FORK GUARD STATION, Mont. -- The rain is pouring down hard enough to soak through "waterproof" boots. Snow and low clouds shroud the surrounding mountaintops. Across this vast and uninviting landscape of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of the Wyoming border, Bob Hoverson and Mark Pengelly lead their string of pack mules up the Buffalo Fork trail, the mules' hooves making sucking sounds in the deep mud.

It's just another, wetter day at the office for the members of the Ninemile pack train.

Read the full article here: http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_be7f682b-9afd-55c2-a1e8-60a2e1c910bc.html

No comments:

Post a Comment