stackyFACTSIt seems incredibly counterintuitive to wait for the absolute most brutal, freezing time of the year to haul heavy cargo across high mountain passes. However, yaks are so thickly insulated that if you try to make them work in the mild summer weather, they will quite literally overheat and refuse to move.
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