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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
Jun 4, 2012 - 12:46pm PT
They can flutter. I think a chicken could pull off the drop.
Kalimon

Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
Jun 4, 2012 - 12:47pm PT
Why do you hate chickens so much?
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jun 4, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
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.
nature

climber
CO
Jun 4, 2012 - 12:58pm PT
oh.... yer so gonna die!









http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/842954/Drama-on-Baboquivari-Peak-TR
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:02pm PT
That slut.
karodrinker

Trad climber
San Jose, CA
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:07pm PT
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
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:10pm PT
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.
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:12pm PT
Whatever, tape a glowstick to it and do it after sundown.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:21pm PT
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.
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:22pm PT
I'm joking.
High Fructose Corn Spirit

Gym climber
-A race of corn eaters
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:38pm PT
A very thought-provoking thread.
Tfish

Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:49pm PT
Strap a go-pro on it and huck it off!
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:53pm PT
They won't be so nice when they are in charge.


No sh#t eh?
the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
An African or a European chicken?
skywalker

climber
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
The chicken will get proper f*7ked, followed by you.

S...
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
bouldering
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:55pm PT
Make a little wingsuit for it.
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:56pm PT
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
Jun 4, 2012 - 01:58pm PT
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
Jun 4, 2012 - 02:05pm PT
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.
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