The "New Yorker" ,Feb. 15,2010 , has an interesting article ,Riding High , about the current training of mountain troops to use pack mules at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickle Meadows at the eastern base of Sonora pass.

Dingus Milktoast wrote:A mule is a lot easier to maintain than a Hummer, particularly in places where there are no roads!

DMT

True that. I expect that there is no chance of getting a hummer to about half of Afghanistan.