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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2018 - 08:04pm PT
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In the Olympics (not those Olympics) I used to let them lick my sweaty legs. They knew
who the boss was so it was mainly a male bonding thang. Sometimes ya gotta be magnanimous.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Apr 14, 2018 - 08:46pm PT
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What do you do?
One idea which I have seen used effectively: pick up a big rock and throw it at the goat.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 14, 2018 - 08:52pm PT
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One idea which I have seen used effectively: pick up a big rock and throw it at the goat.
There are few climbers I respect more than you Andy, but your suggestion about throwing rocks at a monster just a meter away from you is making me reconsider that.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2018 - 11:56pm PT
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WRT: "what can you do about the goats?"
Use them as an excuse to back-off. Anon-ST-studd and I were going up to do the more difficult start to Outer Space the first time he or I tried it. But there was mother goat and kid on the rock between us and the route. We figured if we started up, they would just outflank us back down and head off to the woods. The little "dears" kept climbing higher and and higher and we envisioned plummeting mammals. About the time rain drops started falling and thunder pealed, I said said "No T-man we can't drive them to their deaths!". We climbed it the next day.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 15, 2018 - 07:56am PT
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Leavenworth- Love it. Probably the ONLY thing that would entice me to step foot back in Washington before the(eventual) Mother-in-law's funeral.
Goats- Yeah- YOu don't want to encourage them to hang out. Isn't there some park that is now stringently enforcing a "No-Selfie-With-The-Goats" and "NO-let-them-lick-you" rules after the goat attacks were getting out of hand?
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Apr 15, 2018 - 08:06am PT
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Those little suckers are pretty much a mass of solid muscle (much like myself) with sharp, pointy horns. Won't be throwing rocks at them any time soon...
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Apr 15, 2018 - 08:27am PT
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your suggestion about throwing rocks at a monster
Wasn't my idea.
I'm the one trying to keep the belay device between me and the goat.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 15, 2018 - 08:33am PT
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And you wonder why world peace is so elusive? Haven’t you knuckleheads tried talking to
those guys?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 16, 2018 - 06:45pm PT
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And you wonder why world peace is so elusive? Haven’t you knuckleheads tried talking to those guys?
Well, there are probably situations where talking to one of them could be the right thing to do. But then, in other situations, talking to one of them could get you killed.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Apr 17, 2018 - 07:44am PT
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Great stuff. Climbed there back in Olden Times when I lived in Bellingham and during my many trips up into O' Canada. That goat shot of Prusik is classic. Doing the Beckey 5.9 on that was one of my great ascents right out of high school. The approach up from the Icicle was brutal!
BAd
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 2, 2018 - 09:56pm PT
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And here I though this was my own private vanity thread!?
Moving introduced goats from Olympic Peninsula back to the Cascades.
From Seattle times:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
OK, but if I'm lucky, I climb there (last weekend. no, it's not me crawling on a sidewalk. And not unlimited pro for we timid types):
and an expanded one of Mark
and it's been a beautiful fall after a horrendously smokey late summer.
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