Jason Fisher’s essay “The Knowledge of Mules” contains an intimate reality that a person can only express through real life experience, something fiction can’t touch. It’s a masterpiece that HCN should be very proud to have circulated. I guess you can tell it hit home with me, but moreover, HCN continues to impress me with its accurate perspectives of Western America.

Randy Fischer
Vail, Colorado

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Praise for a former mule-packer

by Randy Fischer, High Country News
April 2, 2007

<h1>Praise for a former mule-packer</h1> <p class="byline">by Randy Fischer, High Country News <br />April 2, 2007</p> <p>Jason Fisher’s essay “The Knowledge of<br /> Mules” contains an intimate reality that a person can only<br /> express through real life experience, something fiction can’t<br /> touch. It’s a masterpiece that <i>HCN</i> should<br /> be very proud to have circulated. I guess you can tell it hit home<br /> with me, but moreover, <i>HCN</i> continues to impress<br /> me with its accurate perspectives of Western America. </p> <p><b>Randy Fischer<br /> Vail,<br /> Colorado</b></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=189116">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Praise for a former mule-packer</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-343/praise-for-a-former-mule-packer/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=112843&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-343/praise-for-a-former-mule-packer/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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