What sucks? Snakes on routes

Post by **Meadows** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:45 am

So today I was enjoying myself on Loosen Up and fairly certain of an onsight. I clipped the bolt, put my hand in the crack above it and looked for the next hold. In the next hold with his head peeking out was a freakin snake. Of course, I screamed and then took on the bolt while everyone laughed at me. So embarrassing!! What's even worse, it was only a garter snake. Can't they just stay on the ground and spook us when we're hiking? sheesh.

Post by **haas** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:52 am

that happened to me on Strick 9 a couple years ago. I took a bit of a whipper, first time I actually took a real one on gear. I felt like such an ass and everyone just laughed

Post by **ynot** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:01 am

They fall off cliffs just like tourists .I saw one fall on a guy once.

Post by **Wes** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:32 am

I was not laughing at you. I just happened to remember a really funny joke at that exact moment....

Wes

Post by **Meadows** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:39 am

ynot wrote:They fall off cliffs just like tourists .I saw one fall on a guy once.

Was the snake from Ohio? Sorry, couldn't resist.

Post by **Meadows** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:39 am

Wes, Riiiiight and what was the joke? A snake walks into a bar ...?

Post by **dipsi** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:04 am

Ynot, was that the itty bitty one that fell on Ben?

Post by **alien2** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:32 am

...A snake slithers into a bar and the bartender says, "I'm sorry but I can't serve you." "Ynot?" asks the snake. The bartender says, "Because you can't hold your liquor..."

Post by **no grain** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:50 am

Has anyone seen Take it to the Limit? Terrible movie base around climbing. In the end, at a toproping competition a competitor gets bitten by a rattler half way up the route. In the movie their is intense forshadowing in the way of a rattling sound. When the snake actually bites, its clearly a plastic/rubber snake launching at the climber. hilarious.

Post by **GWG** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:12 pm

I was climbing on Hooky Pals when we were still able to climb at Oil Crack and had made my way up to the ledge about half way up. I moved up off the ledge and was looking for a place for my left foot. In my line of sight curled up on the ledge was a nice fat snake. I was well enough past it so I just kept on going. I believe it was a copperhead due to the size of it.

The scary thing for me thinking back on it is that I very well could have come up onto it instead of where I did on the ledge.

I hate surprises like that!