Alan Sisto
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Like seven to one.
10 horses does feel like a small amount, even if they are pulling barges.
Whoa.
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
The Anduin goes exactly where he wants to go.
It really does.
I mean, straight up from Osgiliath, right up the Anduin.
I mean, he's got to navigate the Falls of Raros.
He's got to navigate Sarn Gebir.
I mean, he's not going to be doing the barges through Sarn Gebir over the falls because he's going up.
But...
Yeah, yeah.
Which is why only 10 horses might be necessary.
And by the time they leave the river to go- That's still a really small number.
That does seem like a small number, yeah.
And of course, Tolkien leaves those details out, right?
He doesn't talk to us about transporting the goods on the river.
So for those of us who aren't necessarily knowledgeable about that, we're like, wait a minute, how can 10 horses carry enough food for even the 200 men for a 40-day journey?
That's an insane amount of food.