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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Interesting stuff here. I feel, for the reasons below, that I may have something to contribute here;
1) I once had a pet skunk
2) I did the second ascent of squat
3) I caught Walt's fall on my Broderick that day
4) I have my own experiences establishing and climbing appropriately bolted hard ow cracks; --wide world of sport 5.12b fa
-placing two of the bolts on Break a leg 5.12- Indian creek
-and last Friday tr-ing forever war, albeit I still have a couple hangs to eliminate.
#1) Skunks don't make good pets. I had Shalimar for about six months before she got too wild and moved on to a nearby nature park. It was fun walking her on a leash, and surprising friends but she never was that friendly, nor cuddly, and never warmed to our cats.
#2) at the time (1984?) there was no reliable pro for a downward flaring widecrack roof like Squat. I was glad to clip the quarter inch bolts replete with what we now refer to as "Leeper death hangers." Though I think with larger camalots, friends and valley giants it's probably not necesary to clip them today.
#3) that day on Broderick was about as exciting as it gets! He was run way out on bad, homemade 7-9" cans that would not possibly have caught him, if it wasn't for the surprise side rack and the 3.5 friend that happened to miraculously fit it. That could have been the end of the walt show, right there!! When he subsequently bolted it, I think that wasagain,the only choice. Though again with modern big cams ihey might not be essential any more.
#4 a)At the time of the first ascent,1995,there weren't wide enough cams to protect Wide world. I told Craig that he could probably pro it with enough big bros, but bolts seemed a good idea at the time. Eleven bolts in two pitches including two sets of belay anchors.modernpro could replace the pro bolts, but when we repeated the route in 2013 both potential second ascent leaders, Alexey and Christina, placed bro sand giants between the bolts and didn't seem to think the bolts spoiled the fun!
b) the crack on break a leg flares inward and it's almost impossible to places cam at the lip,not adequate for staying in place withtheropedrag,etc. a couple strategic bolts kept it from being a death route.
c) the forever war. If you invert on this one like the first ascent upmost did,the bolts are essential for keeping your head from cratering on the ledge when you fall. And you will fall!cansfit, but they are sharing aright space with your feet. Kicking one out would be a disaster!
I think judicious use of bolts by cracks has its place, be careful on your belays, and there are better pets than skunks!
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Lacey
Social climber
Nevada
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This works well, my cat got skunked...(1)1QT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE(2) 1/4 CUP BAKING SODA (3)1tsp Dawn dish soap. mix together keep out of eyes and rinse with cool water.....
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overwatch
climber
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Salton Sea was crazy, be happy it isn't a badger.
Listen to Ma and Pa.
Cool post, Jaybrizzle
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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I'm in the camp to not kill it...relocate it...we are encroaching on their habitat...
I had a friend that had a family of raccoons under her house...She put a radio near their den and played loud rock & roll non stop for several days.....The raccoons packed their bags and went to the neighbors down the street.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Brave Cowboy: I feel for your plight.
We have intervals where we have lots of skunks here on the ranchette, then there's a die-off, likely due to rabies.
I unfortunately have caught them in a live trap like Chaz posted on three occasions, when I was trying to live-trap stray cats or rock chucks.
First time, I was conveniently out of town, so Heidi called Fish & Game and an summer-intern Warden showed up to deal with the skunk. They agreed on the tarp-method, and the intern got the piss sprayed out of the tarp & him, while Heidi watched from a safe distance. After a while he borrowed my 22 rifle shot it, bagged the stinking body and left, and the ranchette smelled of dead skunk for three days. (I’m sure the poor intern-Warden found a new career choice.)
So-----I don't believe in tarps anymore.
The next year, I went out to the live trap at 7:00 AM and found a skunk instead of a stray cat. I wandered back to the house for coffee & thought up a new plan. Normally skunks squirt when shot, but I had been counseled that if a bullet breaks their spinal cord, they can't squirt. I had also noted that lack of squirting, when I shot a rabid skunk that was attempting to join us & some friends during an afternoon tour around the ranchette. It still is important to bury skunks before the muscles relax and the odor comes out.
Fortified with coffee, I walked back to the trapped skunk with my 22 rifle & a shovel. I closed on the skunk until he was getting real excited, backed off a little and dug a deep hole. Then I moved as close as possible to the skunk & shot him 3 times in the back of the neck, opened the cage, dumped him into the hole, & quickly back-filled it. I hardly got any stink on me at all.
The third time was this summer and I tried the same scenario, but wasn’t as lucky in my shooting, due to the cage wire deflecting two of my shots. I shot more times to be sure of the kill & the skunk started dripping thick & stinky goo from the stink orifice. I got totally skunked, but dumped the victim and back-filled the hole, before stumbling to our back porch, stripping and taking a very long shower. I could smell & taste skunk scent for two days.
Maybe you need a meaner dog?
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