[pct-l] Mt Whitney permit

[Mike Welch]

I figured that guy got around a bit.  MM

--- On Thu, 1/6/11, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mt Whitney permit
To: "Mike Welch" <encinomw at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net, "Peggy Rice" <msrice27 at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 2:03 PM



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

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye


http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09




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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