Mules pack to the future. By Louis Sahagun . Oct. 19, 2013 12 AM PT . ... Wearing blue jeans, cowboy boots, a straw hat and long gray scarves curling in the breeze behind her, ...

Schutz’ take on the western boot feels totally refreshed and revamped, taking on the silhouette of a standard boot with a sculptural heel on the bottom, and cowboy boot-inspired elements up top.

Never mind that such delivery methods went out with the development of the motorized vehicle and, soon, drones. At this time, in this place, pack mules are indispensable, particularly for two ...

A California cowboy to his core, Loverin has had a horse and mule packing business in Kings Canyon National Park for more than 30 years. His team of livestock carries visitors – and their ...

"I've been coming in my boots, trying to look all cowboy, but tonight I said ... Elser leads a group of wilderness trainees and pack mules in Basin, Montana. Photograph courtesy the Elser family ...

Mules are sure-footed and tough, Berry said, and they don’t spook easily. They’ve carried an estimated 1 million people in and out of the canyon since the late 1800s.

Orly Valencia chalks up mules legendary stubbornness to their being smart animals with long memories. The 58-year-old cowboy thinks his ... says interest in saddle and pack mules is so strong ...

At the core of the work is the nine mules the pack train utilizes. Weighing 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, the Ninemile mules are bred with mammoth jacks -- the biggest donkeys -- to be 15 to 151/2 hands ...

L O S  A N G E L E S, March 3 -- For more than 60 years, pack mules havetrudged through a lush canyon in the Angeles National Forest,carrying supplies to remote cabin residents and hauling ...

Like his horses and quarter-horse mules, third generation packer Tim Loverin was built tough with a love of Kings Canyon National Park and the remote wild. A backcountry cowboy’s secret - BBC Travel ...