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tom Slater
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 24, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
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A little Christmas eve tale...
I snuck out early while my kids and wife slept, supposed to rain crazy here in California today and tomorrow. I love it when I can defy the forecasters and sneak one in. I drove to an obscure, small, private, and remote crag I created for my own indulgence. I started off down the trail that leads up the narrow slot canyon and bam... something out of a horror movie was laying right there on the trail.
Jawbones, ribs, leg bones, hooves, skull, and a stench so awful I had to pinch my nose. It looked like it blew up, pieces everywhere. It was fresh. These weren't old, bleached-out bones you find in a cow pasture sometimes. This thing had been ripped apart and eaten.
I looked up the shadowy canyon beyond. The dark ominous clouds wrestled the sun and barred it from rising. An icy wind blew. A chill tip-toed up my neck.
"How bad do I want to climb today?"
I had my solo set up: mini-traxions, short rope, harness, shoes, and some pro.
But no dog. Damn.
Mental note to self: Add dog to rack.
I backed away and drove home... foiled by a blip in the food chain.
Guess who was waiting for me in the driveway... like some telepathic message had beat me home.
Man's best friend indeed.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Dec 24, 2008 - 04:16pm PT
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Wow, mountain lion?
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal Hell
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Dec 24, 2008 - 04:21pm PT
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Most likely a Chupacabra.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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Dec 24, 2008 - 04:24pm PT
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Coulda been a Sasquatch! This wasn't near Strawberry, was it?
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tom Slater
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 04:43pm PT
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something that eats meat, and large portions of it...
Hwy. 166 near Cuyama (sort of near Pine Mtn.)
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 24, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
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Maybe one of Rokjox's wolf packs? They ate ALL the Elk in Idaho.
Now they're hungry.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
I don't even know anymore
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Dec 24, 2008 - 09:06pm PT
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"something that eats meat, and large portions of it"
Man?
Don't know about a dog, but I'd add man's best friend to the rack
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tom Slater
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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...gotta get me a gat -
Word!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 24, 2008 - 10:08pm PT
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hey there tom... see... there are times when a man's instincts take over... and you know that you belong home...
dog knew it too... a good "bearing witness"...
edit: good thing, too, that dog WAS home, though... he/she may have tried to follow a pretty hard-bad trail and met up with something worse...
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