pack horse
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Before the advent of the chopper, the end of a mission entailed hiking miles out of the deep backcountry with heavy gear or waiting for a pack horse.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Dreaming of bagging the 3,954-metre peak, in 1909 an Edmonton clergyman took a pack horse to the mountains and tried to scale these heights.
From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2020
An emaciated white pack horse stands behind them.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2016
“I remember the cover of this one L’Amour book showed a guy on horseback, leading a pack horse across a creek in the snow,” Mr. Heller, 55, said.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2014
An experienced pack horse will take these rests on his own initiative, stopping and also starting again with the regularity of clockwork.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward