No trucks (no roads) nor wheeled carts (not enough level ground) nor beasts of burden (the paths get too steep) carried the supplies of day-to-day life to the villages of the Himalaya—that job fell to the human porters and their two strong legs. I can't decide whether I'm more amazed, and aghast, at the weight of this guy's load of PVC plumbing pipe, or at how cumbersome his extra-wide load is.

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