Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
toyon
climber
|
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 4, 2012 - 12:45pm PT
|
A buddy of mine is headed up the nose and I plan to meet him in top.
Last weekend we moved his custom built +300 lb chicken coop to a different house, which entailed an incredibly sketchy manual lift over a 6 foot fence - think 3 yahoos military pressing this thing with the obligate (smarter) woman standing by with phone in hand ready to call 911. Afterward over beer, the summer climbing implications of a catastrophic failure led to a more important question:
If a chicken gets tossed off of el cap, will it survive?
Which led to some crucial planning questions:
What's the best way to get a chicken into the park?
How do you get the chicken from your vehicle to the TH without getting noticed?
Once you're hiking, how long can you hang a chicken upside down without it dying?
Advice is welcome. As are odds on the chicken making it to the base, alive.
|
|
karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
|
|
They can flutter. I think a chicken could pull off the drop.
|
|
Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
|
|
Why do you hate chickens so much?
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
My friends chickens actually like to be held.
Get a small heirloom breed and put it lovingly in the pig.
You'll have eggs every morning and then you can toss that sucker when you top out.
Godspeed, and good luck.
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
That slut.
|
|
karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
|
|
My chickens like to be held. I can throw em up in the air and they flutter across the yard. Then they come back for another ride.
|
|
WBraun
climber
|
|
A live chicken getting tossed off the El Cap will most likely get taken out by the peregrines.
Then the rangers will show up and cite you for feeding the wild life and cruelty towards animals ......
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
Whatever, tape a glowstick to it and do it after sundown.
|
|
Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
|
|
Seriously hope you are joking too. If not, look forward to Planet of the Chickens. They won't be so nice when they are in charge.
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
I'm joking.
|
|
Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
|
|
Strap a go-pro on it and huck it off!
|
|
survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
|
|
They won't be so nice when they are in charge.
No sh#t eh?
|
|
the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
|
|
An African or a European chicken?
|
|
skywalker
climber
|
|
The chicken will get proper f*7ked, followed by you.
S...
|
|
ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
|
|
Make a little wingsuit for it.
|
|
Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
|
|
I refuse to toss myself off El Cap, or let others toss me. And that's final. Bwaaaak!
ps Make sure that Tom Evans gets photos!
pps If you tossed a Republican off, then you could find out if chickenhawks can fly.
|
|
karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
|
|
The real tragedy is all the chickens "living" in tight smelly cages at commercial farms. At least a chicken tossed off el cap would have truly lived! for a while at least...
|
|
the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
|
|
If said chicken pops out an egg on the way down what comes first the chicken or the egg?
If you must try this, please use a rooster. That way at least he gets to impress the chicks.
If the chicken survives the descent why would it cross to the other side of the park?
To climb super slide.
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!