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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Feb 27, 2018 - 07:19pm PT
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^^^wowser!!!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 28, 2018 - 07:23am PT
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 28, 2018 - 07:26am PT
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Oh my Donini! Did you just show him your crampon scar?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 28, 2018 - 07:30am PT
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I was getting ready to take a leak.
Happens all the time...you kind of get used to it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2018 - 08:00am PT
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 28, 2018 - 08:47am PT
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oh Mike!
hope everyone is ok...
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Feb 28, 2018 - 11:14am PT
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The deer did not survive. I felt bad about that. Small town Wyoming justice occurred. I got a $235 citation for leaving the scene of an accident (a good Samaritan kindly offered to follow me into town; it was zero out and I was leaking fluid), and another $235 citation for littering (the deputy found a couple of pieces of plastic from my grill at the site). Wow!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2018 - 12:10pm PT
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Seems outrageous?”
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Feb 28, 2018 - 02:16pm PT
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The law in Wyoming is that if there is $1000 damage to the vehicle you must remain at the scene, even if it's a lonely road with no cell reception and butt-ass cold. I went straight to the sheriff's office when I got to town and reported the accident. Guess that wasn't good enough. I can go to Pinedale in April and argue my case. Seems like a lot of money and a little Arlo Guthrieish.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 28, 2018 - 04:15pm PT
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Mike: Per your accident & bad-cop experience story:
I got a $235 citation for leaving the scene of an accident (a good Samaritan kindly offered to follow me into town; it was zero out and I was leaking fluid), and another $235 citation for littering (the deputy found a couple of pieces of plastic from my grill at the site). Wow!
That cop must have had a "very-heavy" badge, or else you reminded him of his ex-wife's boyfriend. When I used to travel Wyoming as an outdoor-gear sales-rep, I'd see hundreds of dead deer along the highways & I had plenty of close-calls without quite hiting one. I'm conditioned to thinking deer-car collisions are so common there & there's so much empty space, that your actions were logical & saved the cops some trouble.
Things have changed, I guess. The State cop that investigated my accident when I totalled my Ford Explorer during a snowstorm in 1995, was real pleasant. I remember him asking for my ID, as I was sitting in his car & I explained my wallet was still somewhere in my upside-down Explorer. He laughed & said: "Oh yeah, you salesmen are just like us cops, you do so much driving your butt goes numb if you keep your waller in your back pocket." He wrote up the accident with just my name & plate # & did not give me a ticket.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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ouch! probably going to court wouldn't be all that bad, especially if you wrap it up with a climbing trip...
$470 and then fixing the car...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jeez Mike!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Waiting for Godot, or SoCal Ed...
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2018 - 07:54am PT
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