Sonora Pass Monster (scary TR)

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Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Jun 11, 2014 - 02:55pm PT

I KNOW THAT HILL!!!

and the mud in that one section. lol

Did you climb up that way, or just bivy?

Dapper Dan

Trad climber

Menlo Park

Jun 11, 2014 - 03:46pm PT

Just bivy for the night . I think the hill is closed now or something . We drove past a little stick in the ground , but couldn't read it too well as it was dark.

Edit: yup it was muddy all over

HighTraverse

Trad climber

Bay Area

Jun 11, 2014 - 07:22pm PT

When I was a teenager wandering in the Utah woods and scrublands the weird thumps, bumps, shrieks and grunts usually came from parked cars.
Once or twice from my own.

Whoever or whatever had butchered the fawn had done so perfectly, without any mess, and as if with a laser knife. The animal was very warm and its death had been so recent, that its eyes were still entirely wet to the touch. I have always assumed this the work of a cougar, but the condition of the animal, so perfectly cut, has never squared completely with me. Why only certain organs? How so quickly and perfectly?

This is a perfect description of a fresh Mt Lion kill. They indeed take their favorite organs first time. Usually at dawn. They often wait all day, scaring off competitors and come back at night for the less succulent parts. Nearly as neat as a butcher. I've seen one fresh deer kill about 1 mile down my canyon mid morning. Liver, heart and lungs gone, all the meat peeled off the exposed shoulder and haunch. The remaining innards still glistening and covered with flies.

Shrieking animals at night: foxes. They can be eerie and scary. Almost like a woman's scream. I have quite a few around my place. Sometimes I've seen them shriek in the daytime.

A few times I've been startled by the groans and shrieks of tree limbs rubbing against each other in a light breeze on a foggy night. Really spooky.

Peter Haan

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, CA

Jun 11, 2014 - 09:01pm PT

If any of you want more of this, rev old Dave Yerian up and he will lay "honest-to-goodness" big sasquatch type stories on you. One where it swam across a lake while they were on a climb.