pack mule

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Eventually, Williams said, his forebears ended up leading pack mule trains through the area, creating a thicket of trails branching off from Downieville into the remote mines.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2022

It shows BigDog, a quadrupedal robot designed by Boston Dynamics to be a pack mule for the military.

From The Verge • Jun. 11, 2020

According to the Proust questionnaire in Vanity Fair, you want to be reincarnated as the most dependable pack mule on the Grand Canyon mule team.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2019

The firm’s previous military projects included a four-legged robotic pack mule that could haul supplies across deserts or mountains — but which sounded like a lawnmower and was reportedly deemed too noisy by the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2018

I nodded to the herdsman sitting guard and led Rostam and the pack mule around the back of the building.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri