Anatomy of a load. 200-250lbs of gear and food, bear boxes to keep that food un-eaten by bears, ropes, tarps, elaborate and specific knots. A load can ride 25 miles on rough trail if packed properly. There was a full sweet potato pie, a $200 bottle of scotch, and 2 personal-sized watermelons in this load.

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The mule is my coworker, his name is Button and he hates dogs and loves grass.

damn this is so cool. i have a friend that used to do something similar to this on chile, but with 30% of this gear lol it was only for people that didn't want to walk the 4 hours from the car to cochamo (picture attached) with their stuff

Western CA and several countries in South America are some of the last places with packing culture. I'd love to see how they pack in Chile! It's great tech for increasing wilderness accessibility with minimal impact. We do moving trips that cover 100s of miles of wilderness.

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The Western United States, mostly California, lately the High Sierra. There aren't a lot of places that still have a packing culture, or hire backcountry cooks. Dying art, super sad, really hope there's room for cooks and mules in the future.

For hundreds of years the government and private companies have hired people to cook in remote areas. Sometimes that's for trail crews or research projects, hunting camps, or in this case, backpackers on guided trips. It's a weird job that requires a lot of archaic skills, but super fun!

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

You can! I work at a legacy Pack Outfit called Rock Creek and am organizing a few trips this summer. I'll share when I get the website up and running next week.

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When I lived in Brooklyn the "what do you do for work" conversation was always a doozy.

This goes so hard. My New York City brain can barely comprehend.

Eastern Sierra, California. For fun! We run pack trips for hikers and riders who want to experience the wilderness with a lighter pack and gourmet meals.

Where and why? Looks like a fun adventure

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3-30 days, but most of my trips are in the 5-10 day range. ~ 5-15 miles/day. We also do a lot of base camps, where guests can hike however many miles they want each day and return to camp for dinner. Nice to not have to set up and break down camp, and you can hike big miles with just a daypack.

How long are most of your trips? Days and miles.

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