We visited the Long Neck Karen and the other Union Hill Tribes about an hour north of Chiang Rai. I remember seeing photos of these women, named the “giraffe women” by Polish explorer Vitold De Golish, in National Geographic years ago. I didn’t realize the weight of the spiral brass neck rings they wear until I saw one sitting on the scale. The brass neck rings weigh around 10 pounds (or 4.5 kilograms) and they can have up to an additional 30 pounds of rings that they wear on their arms and legs weighing them down.