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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Sep 14, 2009 - 09:34pm PT
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My truck started acting weird on the way to T meadows two weeks ago so I spun around and just barely made it home and got the truck to the mechanic. Squirel ate some wiring and got to the dashboard control wiring and ate that too. $500.00 later, I am seeking revenge. The score is now 8-1, humans. I even got two kills with one rat trap. NO MERCY. Don't even mention the bear incident, that mofo is going to pay big.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Sep 14, 2009 - 10:47pm PT
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Mike has the funniest marmot stories I've ever heard- perhaps he'll post up.
Me... well... it was those damn Tahquitz squirrels. Insidious little monsters they are.
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Cpt0bvi0u5
Trad climber
Merced CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 10:56pm PT
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Some guys from Spain in C4 had the right idea. The rigged a basic trap to catch squirrels under a bowl and also had a piece of cardboard hooked up to a cord that they would pull to make the squirrels go flying.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:02pm PT
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My pack is covered with duck tape from rodent attacks.....
The marmots at Angel wings had a hoedown. They chomped our stuff bad.
My pack, my boots(I made it down, though), Phil's hat,pad, & his socks. They were a mess. They rolled the food bucket down the hill, but were foiled by superior technology.
Plus we didn't give them time. Time is on their side. And there's more of them.
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:19pm PT
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me, i'm thinking they're french. you know:
"It's Rodin - not rodent!"
(a line from a cartoon i watched as a child. still kills me)
probably thought you were poaching their project. why else would they even be there?
glad it was just a directional and you're still here to goof about it. not so glad that you added yet another bad mental image to THE FEAR i always get on fixed lines. up my way, they're often up for months. i'm saving your photos for the next time one of my so called 'pals' tries to talk me into playing rock goalie on their 'old project'.
i think Phil_B is onto something (salt). either that or i'm onto something (pissed-off french Rodins). pick one (go with Phil).
^,,^
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:24pm PT
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captain, what route on the angel wings?
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apogee
climber
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:27pm PT
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I've had plenty o' varmints chew on various clothes or packs, where you might find sweat salt, but never had 'em go after my gear.
I'll be sure to not think about this thread the next time I jug the fixed lines to Heart early in the season.
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:51pm PT
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^^^^^^
apogee, you don't like occasionally sweat on your gear, like 30 feet out and getting a tad chimpy?
no?
um, well neither do i. ever. not once. those Rodins are definately french.
^,,^
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hooblie
climber
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:56pm PT
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standard beckey proceedure for trailhead extended parking includes a roll of wire screen to protect everything chewable under the hood from "snaffle hounds."
i've suffered damage on a pair of vehicles that included complete removal of plastic grillage, three headlights and the front edge of both carhoods curled up with canine toothmarks. don't underestimate the attractive force of rabbits seeking safe harbor in the engine compartment where dogs run loose.
arizona is a "fence 'em out" state. survey stakes are best left without flagging. it doesn't take an advanced tracker to follow the cowtracks in the snow connecting every point on the survey. open range cattle have chewed my padded stearing wheels, ripped trailer wiring harnesses completely asunder and consummed garden hoses all the way to the hose bib. i'm going with the bubblegum theory as to why.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 15, 2009 - 12:01am PT
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Ah, Mr. Wilson, one of my Own devising.....That was '97.
The Lorax, it's in the Secor guide. Funner than it sounds.....
Except for the Marmot attack. They were hungry, I guess.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 15, 2009 - 12:06am PT
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loose carabiner sitting on the line at the base, then he jugged the line going up anyways.
kwazy
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Sep 15, 2009 - 12:53am PT
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I was terrorized for a whole night by marauding rodentae intent upon anything resembling chewable goods on or about my person including the boots on my feet. What made it really bad was the one foot which was unable to retaliate due to its connection to a leg which forced the unplanned bivy due to its inability to dodge a meteorite.
A Coonyard Alpine Hammer is a fearsome weapon. PETA be damned!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:12am PT
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All's fair on the Stone.
Eat or be eaten. Trouble is, we have more (slightly) edible stuff.
Or something. Fricken Varmits.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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If they're after salt, wouldn't bringing a small block/lump of it to put out be the easier way to distract them? And if enough of them congregate in one place to chew on it, wouldn't that attract some predators to eat the little varmints?
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:25am PT
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We are the predators, perhaps.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:30am PT
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Ha! rwedgee- so we finally see the infamous marmot decimation I heard about in Tuolumne... omg! (hope all is well down your way)
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:30am PT
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Here's one about to have his way with my dog.
I think this is the one that ate my shirt too.]
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:50am PT
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now that's a dog you can bring anywhere...
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2009 - 01:52am PT
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"...then he jugged the line going up anyways."
For the record, I did bounce the crap out of that thing before jugging. To quote cooter: "I may be Kwazy, but I ain't dum."
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Sep 15, 2009 - 03:26am PT
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What a great thread!
Munge said: "zactly, imagine leaving a fixed line with these jackbooted Ratzis around!"
I just fell off the couch. Good one!
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