Just ran into 3 mountain lions on a solo night bike ride

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zeta

Trad climber
Berkeley
Feb 11, 2010 - 05:38pm PT
my roommate got the whole set on blue ray, but it was the 'mountains' set. Enjoy!
Beatrix Kiddo

Mountain climber
Littleton
Feb 11, 2010 - 05:54pm PT
Cool! Thank you.
goatboy smellz

climber
लघिमा
Feb 11, 2010 - 06:18pm PT
gee B, maybe the lion was lonely and looking for a little action.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Feb 11, 2010 - 07:18pm PT
See the whole series.

That shot of the great white taking a seal and going airborne was just as awesome as the snow leopard running down that mountain sheep.



Somebody said that the mountain lions have so much food, but this time of year maybe not so much.
cliffhanger

Trad climber
California
Feb 20, 2010 - 01:05pm PT

Hikers face down lions in Pescadero park

Shouting and hurling rocks at an approaching mountain lion might go against every instinct in the human body — even standing your ground may seem counterintuitive — when you’re trying to avoid a confrontation with such a fearsome predator. But last week such techniques proved effective in deterring a pair of mountain lions from mauling two brothers hiking in Pescadero.

Pescadero Creek County Park reopened Thursday after an encounter with what the California Department of Fish and Game characterized as “aggressive” mountain lions closed the park for three days.

The lions approached two brothers — men in their 50s — who were hiking in the park Sunday afternoon near Camp Pomponio Road. Approaching people is “highly unusual” behavior for mountain lions, said Fish and Game Warden Patrick Foy. He said the animals typically turn and run at the sight of a person. What happened next was even more bizarre.

One of the lions came closer, stepping within a few feet of the hikers. One of the men picked up a large stick and started swinging it at the lion while shouting — the proper course of action for scaring off mountain lions, Foy said. The animal was undeterred. The hikers and lions were locked in a standoff for a few minutes until the animals decided to turn and walk away.

“These guys did exactly the right thing — probably contributed to not provoking an attack,” Foy said. “In that kind of situation, to turn around and run would probably be one of the worst things to do.”

Foy said he found a deer skull in the area of the encounter, which was “well off the beaten path” in the park.

“What that tells me is … that is an area that is frequented by one or more mountain lions,” Foy said. “Perhaps these two call that spot home and these guys might have walked into the middle of it.”

Wardens began a search for the mountain lions on Feb. 1 with help from a professional mountain lion tracker and trained hounds. They found the animals’ tracks in the dirt and the deer skull.

Investigators called off the search Tuesday, confident that the lions had left the park.

“… Widening the search at that point would have increased the chance that the wrong mountain lion would be taken,” according to a Fish and Game press release.

If park visitors spot any mountain lions, they should call San Mateo County Park dispatch at (650) 363-4020.

Department of Fish and Game has some tips on how to respond to mountain lion encounters at its Web site, www.dfg.ca.gov/keepmewild/.

Source: http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2010/02/13/news/doc4b72fcbb7960a357831620.txt

Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
Sprocketville
Feb 20, 2010 - 01:42pm PT
if those two cats ever get next to me, i'm gonna hike em out on a stick,

one goes in the living room, one in the bathroom,

the bedroom is already packed with endangered or extinct animals,

not counting myself,

hey, it's all lunch meat to me...

a whoopin crane not tasted, is a whoopin crane that's wasted,
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