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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 30, 2005 - 10:56pm PT
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I learned of a terrible loss to the climbing community last week during a Timmy O'Neil slideshow. Biskit the climbing dog was eaten by a mountain lion. All they found was her collar and one of her legs. Of course the way Timmy presented it made us laugh to numb the pain :). Keep reaching for those 5.7's up in doggie heaven Biz!!!
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Biskit Passes On
By Rebecca Stokes
A week ago, Biskit, the beloved climbing dog went missing in Gold Hill, Colorado and never returned. Her owner Tom Kelly of Ouray, Colorado was camping out; when she apparently jumped out of the truck and ran off into the forest. Kelly spent the next week combing the forest for Biskit, only to have a member of the search party find a few remains and her collar; she was the victim of a mountain lion.
Biskit was known for her starring roles in Front Range Freaks and Return to Sender. In these films she scaled difficult walls with precision and demonstrated the leaping ability that only the Jack Russell terrier can possess. She was a bold and brave dog who inspired many in the climbing community, often because we wondered if we could climb as hard or as fast as she could. Biskit is survived by Tom Kelly, her sons Felix, Roca, Ripley and her daughter Winkie.
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Ouch!
climber
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Were there any eye witnesses? How do you know it was a cougar? It might have been bear # 46.
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yo
climber
NOT Fresno
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My dog growing up tangle twice with a mountain lion. First one was a draw, lost the second bout couple years later.
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ChrisW
Trad climber
boulder, co
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LONG...LIVE...Bisket...His kids will keep the legacy going.
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
the ville, colorado
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That sucks! Biskit was a great dog. I need to head over there with my red nose & do some regulating. He loves coyotes & cougars.First a dog & then a kid.RIP biskit.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Ran into a hunter last weekend who told me his buddies Jack Russell had single handedly treed 6 cougars. Six! Wish it had been with Biskit so that the day of reckoning for this fine pooch could have been when Biskit was old and grey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwUSkBKobIw
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, flouride, i never saw this first, old, post...
how sad, from a "jump from the car" to being such a loss...
*also, to the newest post here (couchmaster),
wow, dogs, can at the right times, have their tenacity pay off, in safety measure, too...
thanks for both of these shares...
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nature
climber
Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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there's a lot of really really kick ass dogs running around in doggie heaven.
And they wait for us to come "home".
I'm not a believer in an afterlife but on my death bed if I'm still thinking straight I'll remember that my girl is waiting for me.
never for get them... they deserve that much at the very least.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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there's a lot of really really kick ass dogs running around in doggie heaven.
Word...
Still sucks losing them. Sorry Biskit, rest now. You run with the heavenly pack!
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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That was a great link to Biskit!
Man, that would suck to have the claws come out invonuntarily just when you are the most gripped and need the pads...
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Could you imagine some stealth rubber on those paws? That dog would be a slab meistro!
What caused the comment was the hunter seeing my wifes dog as they were leaving the woods (Elkless) and we were entering them. Dude said there were cougars around so keep the mutt close. The wife is in Asia for 3 weeks and I'm dog sitting. I never take her to any crags ever, but it was raining and no one ever goes here or knows of it so we went for a hike.
You can just make her out to the right on the trail (or what passes for one) there.
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Sometimes Mafic dog visits me in my dreams. I always feel good afterwards.
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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My kid was in 6th grade when our last dog died. I explained how every one of our years was seven years for a dog. Seriously? he said. "fraid so, I said.
He looked at me in utter disbelief: What was God thinking? he said.
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dipper
climber
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^^^^Classic
Out of the mouths of babes.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Absolutely Classic!
Doug
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