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tom Slater

Trad climber
CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 24, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
A little Christmas eve tale...

I snuck out early while my kids and wife slept, supposed to rain crazy here in California today and tomorrow. I love it when I can defy the forecasters and sneak one in. I drove to an obscure, small, private, and remote crag I created for my own indulgence. I started off down the trail that leads up the narrow slot canyon and bam... something out of a horror movie was laying right there on the trail.

Jawbones, ribs, leg bones, hooves, skull, and a stench so awful I had to pinch my nose. It looked like it blew up, pieces everywhere. It was fresh. These weren't old, bleached-out bones you find in a cow pasture sometimes. This thing had been ripped apart and eaten.

I looked up the shadowy canyon beyond. The dark ominous clouds wrestled the sun and barred it from rising. An icy wind blew. A chill tip-toed up my neck.

"How bad do I want to climb today?"
I had my solo set up: mini-traxions, short rope, harness, shoes, and some pro.
But no dog. Damn.
Mental note to self: Add dog to rack.

I backed away and drove home... foiled by a blip in the food chain.

Guess who was waiting for me in the driveway... like some telepathic message had beat me home.

Man's best friend indeed.

bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Dec 24, 2008 - 04:16pm PT
Wow, mountain lion?

Karen

Trad climber
So Cal Hell
Dec 24, 2008 - 04:21pm PT
Most likely a Chupacabra.
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
Dec 24, 2008 - 04:24pm PT
Coulda been a Sasquatch! This wasn't near Strawberry, was it?
tom Slater

Trad climber
CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 04:43pm PT
something that eats meat, and large portions of it...

Hwy. 166 near Cuyama (sort of near Pine Mtn.)
Captain...or Skully

Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
Dec 24, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
Maybe one of Rokjox's wolf packs? They ate ALL the Elk in Idaho.
Now they're hungry.
noshoesnoshirt

climber
I don't even know anymore
Dec 24, 2008 - 09:06pm PT
"something that eats meat, and large portions of it"

Man?

Don't know about a dog, but I'd add man's best friend to the rack
tom Slater

Trad climber
CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
...gotta get me a gat -

Word!
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Dec 24, 2008 - 10:08pm PT
hey there tom... see... there are times when a man's instincts take over... and you know that you belong home...

dog knew it too... a good "bearing witness"...

edit: good thing, too, that dog WAS home, though... he/she may have tried to follow a pretty hard-bad trail and met up with something worse...
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