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Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Oct 16, 2013 - 10:37pm PT


RyanD

climber
Squamish
Oct 16, 2013 - 10:41pm PT
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mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Oct 16, 2013 - 10:52pm PT
If I get reincarnated I want to be a mountain goat.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Oct 16, 2013 - 10:56pm PT
I just want to be reincarnated as the church bell. My girlfriend says huge scrotums and balls mean you get laid a lot.

Chicks dig big scrotums is the way I read it.
pb

Sport climber
Sonora Ca
Oct 17, 2013 - 12:17am PT
they're just dumb I says....whats your excuse? wife asks
the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
Oct 17, 2013 - 01:11am PT
[Click to View YouTube Video]
aran

Trad climber
berkeley, ca
Oct 17, 2013 - 01:11am PT
This is the best thread. Ever. I love it. Never seen a mountain goat out there, so can't comment, but I keep looking!
MisterE

climber
Oct 17, 2013 - 01:13am PT
It's kind of goaty around here - I could smell it.

A friendly head-butt from a resident January goat.

;)
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 17, 2013 - 01:17am PT
My ex was a major goat researcher. I've chased those buggers all over the Olympic Mountains with her. There's nothing they can't do. I've seen week old babies romping up
and down mind-boggling stuff.
Chris Cunningham

Trad climber
San Francisco
Oct 17, 2013 - 01:17am PT
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e3e_1370279107
Goats jumping 50 meters down opposing walls.
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Oct 17, 2013 - 08:31am PT
@Chris.. that is actually a pretty famous piece of film footage (albeit a very corrupted copy). I think they used it on Wild Kingdom(?) BITD. Sticks in your memory since it's so friggin' amazing. I've seen film footage of kangaroos doing exactly the same thing.

anyhow.. back to the goats...




weezy

climber
Oct 17, 2013 - 12:35pm PT
I've seen them do some amazing stuff here in the Wasatch.

I watched a goat make it a good ways up Hatchet Crack (5.7) before bailing off to the side. I've also seen tons of goats come down the Schoolroom rappels. They take a line slightly to the looker's right of the rappels.
alpinist

Trad climber
tahoe city
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
this was at Trango base camp in 2007...I figured that the goat knew what was coming for him the next day (shish kabob) so he really went all out. the route is 5.8-9 smeary slab.
alxj

Trad climber
Calgary, AB
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
Climbing near Mt Rushmore in '95, I was leading a 5.10 second pitch when my belayer let me know that he was slowly creeping up the start of the pitch because a goat had trotted up a 20 ft 5.9 crack below us and was approaching the base of our pitch.
james williamson

climber
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:38pm PT
Climbing on the sparsely protected granite dome of Stone Mtn, NC in the early 1980"s, journeyman ace EZ reported seeing a pair of goats mating in the middle of a 5.9+ pitch a coupla hundred feet off the deck. Most of us have had to at least clip in to do that!!
OnL4ch

Sport climber
San Francisco
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:41pm PT
do they ever fall?
Evel

Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:45pm PT
The goats at Stone mt. NC seemed to know when you were cruxing WAY out from the last bolt and would take the opportunity to run right up to you and snort. They could climb 5.10 all day! Sadly they're gone now.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:50pm PT
do they ever fall?

Believe it or not, yes. They also succumb to avalanches.
We never did figure out what caused their horrible Stinkeye...

John Ely

Trad climber
DC
Oct 29, 2013 - 12:53pm PT
This all seems exaggerated.

Here's some 4th class, easy 5th class by young uns.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2_XApOGjoI

I've seen domesticated goats fall in Albania, usually on steep vegetated areas above slabs....they went at least 100 meters, two or three on one occasion.
kaholatingtong

Trad climber
Nevada City
Oct 29, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e3e_1370279107

posted upthread but worth repeating. that video blows my mind, WTF?
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