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June 22, 2009
Pack-string travel: A lost art
Workshop leader keeps tradition alive (video clip online)
Time was when pack string was about the only way to get to these parts, but nowadays using mules to haul cargo through the backcountry is a dying art.
Glenn Ryan, however, is keeping the tradition alive and last week taught a weeklong course about the intricacies of hitches and handling pack stock.
Read more and watch the online video clip in the Durango Herald News.
Posted by News at June 22, 2009 07:22 AM