08-21-2009, 01:16 AM
It seems an astonishing amount to us, but we are not accustomed to work at that level. It's entirely possible for a man to carry a heavier load. Canadian voyageurs carried huge bundles when portaging their canoes in the Fur Trade days, as did American slaves in the South at the cotton harvest time. We who are office workers could simply not likely keep up even if someone else carried our marching pack: walk 20 miles, dig for two hours, then cook supper? and perhaps stand a turn at the guard post for four more hours...day after day.
Most of us would simply collapse and be left behind to fend for ourselves in hostile territory. Not something that's career enhancing. I know I'd last maybe two days, and then I'd be abandoned.
Most of us would simply collapse and be left behind to fend for ourselves in hostile territory. Not something that's career enhancing. I know I'd last maybe two days, and then I'd be abandoned.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
