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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 25, 2016 - 10:00am PT
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Perhaps my most scary experience climbing was in 1978, while climbing a hard A4, expanding flake, on Dogface, in the Blue Mtns. of Austrlia, with John Ewbank.
I've always had a strong dislike of big spiders, and when a really big Huntsman spider emerged from this overhanging A4 crack, I was nailing, I almost jumped off. Take a look at this video, and I think you will understand
why I was terrified!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/24/australia-giant-spider-mouse-carry-horrifying-impressive
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knucko
climber
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:06am PT
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Oh hell no!!
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:11am PT
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What the!
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:13am PT
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Oh hell no!!
^^^^ that.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:17am PT
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earlier this month i saw three different tarantulas in a week, compared to none over the several years prior.
the day after one sighting i saw a tarantula hawk hiking the same trail so i watched for a while and decided
if it was tracking the spider, eventually it lost the trail
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:40am PT
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No way would I climb in Australia. Correction, no way would I insert my fingers in any
orifice not immediately and completely visible. If anything moves in Oz it is quite probably lethal.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:50am PT
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Watch out mfm, not itsy bitsy
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:50am PT
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It funny really I've heard that story before from you I'd have to guess?
I was a runt in the 70s was a tag along with Bien some times?
that Alan guy (who has no idea who I am either, ' was also your climbing partner ?)
You guys that traveled were heroes of the generation who talked to everyone, thanks,
Wine at the uber fall I'd bet, or at a private residence ?
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no I did not look at the video
I climb alone who needs that picture in their head
If Big a bang Bang says OH, HELL NO!
I'm not even gonna look I'm dang Tree huger
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BigB
Trad climber
Red Rock
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Oct 25, 2016 - 10:55am PT
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At the end of the article it says the mouse may have already been dead from other causes
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couchmaster
climber
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Oct 25, 2016 - 11:03am PT
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A mouse is fine, once they start hauling off yur kids it's time to draw the line.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Oct 25, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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If you could train them a few of those bad boys could haul a rope up the Porcelain Wall
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2016 - 11:33am PT
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"The news had on a rare Black Widow, red spot and all in Conneticut in the fall!,"
My wife's grandparents had an 18th century farm house in Conn.
When I went down into the very damp basement, their were many black widow spiders in the ceiling. They were definitely black widows, with the distinctive hourglass markings on the abdomen, and round black body. My wife's Grandfather said they never bothered anybody.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 25, 2016 - 01:05pm PT
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Late 80's I got offered a job in Australia. Things were going pretty well here so I turned it down. I've wondered ever since if I made the right decision. Now I know.
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Oct 25, 2016 - 01:07pm PT
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Arachnophobia!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 25, 2016 - 01:15pm PT
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I'm just guessing at the taxonomic name.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Oct 25, 2016 - 03:30pm PT
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...but if you threw a sling over it and it carried you to the next belay without eating you, would that be considered A1?
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the idle rich
climber
Estes Park, CO
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Nov 11, 2016 - 03:21pm PT
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Nothing scarier than a bug with eight legs.
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Technogeekery
Trad climber
Sydney, Australia
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Nov 15, 2016 - 08:05pm PT
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everyday occurrence here - this guy was in my bathroom for the last 2 days - eventually took him outside cos he was making me a little uncomfortable by looking over my shoulder as I brush my teeth.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 16, 2016 - 07:07am PT
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Mouse Man, you trolling us? That knott a speeder if my eyes and math are gud. It looks to be
one of the 400 species of Mutillidae found in N America. That would be 'velvet ant' to the
Latin-challenged. Of course, it ain't an ant anyway, it be a wasp! The females shed their wings
when they land and start hunting for a victim to sting, paralyze, and lay their eggs on. Their
sting is said to be the most painful out there and have been known to make cows cry. But we
digress, as usual.
OzGeek, how the hell did you manage to capture yer bathroom denizen for transportation?
Huntsmen are notoriously quick, not to mention not inclined to going quietly,
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 22, 2016 - 03:52pm PT
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Used to roam around in the jungle in the Philippines looking for iridescent flowers and butterflies to photograph - sometimes you some onto a small creek and the roundish opening in the forest above it was choked with giant spiderwebs that spanned the opening. The spiders in it were the size of your hand and looked as though a couple had snagged small birds. Not fun walking into one of those webs.
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L
climber
And I'm searchin' for waterspouts...
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Had this guy hang with us for a while in The Pinnacles Sunday.
He was very friendly and quite curious about our gear.
And then he proceeded to climb a vertical wall without any gear, just to show us what non-climbers we humans really are.
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perswig
climber
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^^
He was just checking to see if you had a 'dimple' Alien.
Dale
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Actually, L, it’s mating season you know.
A little odd for him to be out in daylight but boys will be boys.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Reilly's correct. They are out wookin pa nub.
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