[pct-l] Mt Whitney permit

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Mike,


I had a similar encounter with this little twerp during a break at Thousand
Island Lake.  http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=231128  He was
determined to get into my grub bag, and every time I’d chase him off, he
would pop up somewhere else.  I thought I was playing 3-D Whack-A-Mole.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Mike Welch <encinomw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Peggy,  I found the marmots on Forester Pass to be quite aggressive and not
> friendly at all.  After summiting on a beautiful summer day in 2007, I made
> myself comfortable in the little notch at the top to have lunch.  But what I
> thought would be a peaceful respite from my travels was not to be. I was
> harassed, mercilessly by one large aggressive marmot who apparently thought
> my food was his food.  At minimum, he seemed to think I should be at least
> sharing.  I tried to explain to him that the Park Service did not want me
> feeding the wild animals, but he wasn't having any of that nonsense.  I
> ended up eating with one hand while making frantic, waving motions with the
> other.  I was hoping a rattlesnake might come along and chase it off, but
> alas..no such luck.  Mountain Mike
>
> --- On Thu, 1/6/11, Peggy Rice <msrice27 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Peggy Rice <msrice27 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Mt Whitney permit
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 9:41 AM
>
> I've wondered what marmots taste like myself.  When I thru-hiked the JMT,
> we
> were low on food after VVR (going southbound) and the marmots on top of
> Forester Pass were really friendly - got within a foot of us several times
> -
> and they were big and fat.  We debated getting one with a hiking pole, but
> concluded that we didn't have enough fuel left to cook it.  Before I bring
> in a bunch of comments, it wasn't a very serious debate!
>
> Peggy
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