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can I take my bolts and go home? no dog, no more routes from me.

You've got my support. Dogs are great but I would prefer not to worry about the one sniffing my pack to check out my lunch or hiking a leg to mark his territory. It is a numbers game. Most days there are too many people at the crag, and with loose dogs running amuck .........it just ain't the great outdoors anymore. Leash 'em or leave 'em.

At least I can still bring my cats.

pigsteak wrote:can I take my bolts and go home? no dog, no more routes from me.

I was waiting for that... Hoped that wouldn't happen...

Too bad, there are so many stupid people out there sometimes more annoying than a pack of wolves and nobody keeps those from coming! Why?? Ah I forgot bc those are humans and dogs are just... well dogs...

At least the little shit eaters serve a purpose in cleaning up after humans that don't know how to dig a hole.
Mmmmmmm. Steamy.

Saxman wrote:At least I can still bring my cats.

I camped with a guy who actually brought a cat with him on memorial day, needless to say it was a bad idea

Not a surprise ... maybe this will help reduce impact and maybe even keep the numbers down at Muir …the red has many crags that are free for dogs…i was in Muir few times and each time they were dogs running around ;Rick or some of the route developers passed by and reminded them politely about the leash policy, they seemed to understand and would leash their dogs and…… unleash them after they were gone .If I enquired about it..they would say that their dog was well behaved and do n’t like being leashed (which is usually the case since they were constantly barking after being leashed).This happened every single time I was there without exception . I can only remember one instance the dog remained leashed the entire time. I don’t know if this is typical or an exception …. Good decision Rick

I support the decision, Rick.

With less dogs, and hopefully less crowds, I may start climbing at Muir more next year.

And I own 2 dogs. If I want to take them out to the gorge I will go hiking insead of climbing.

I doubt you will hear many folks say, "I really wish there were some dogs here."

der uber wrote:
I doubt you will hear many folks say, "I really wish there were some dogs here."

good point.