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What sucks? Snakes on routes
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:45 am
by Meadows
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:52 am
by haas
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
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:01 am
by ynot
They fall off cliffs just like tourists .I saw one fall on a guy once.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:32 am
by Wes
I was not laughing at you. I just happened to remember a really funny joke at that exact moment....
Wes
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:39 am
by Meadows
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:39 am
by Meadows
Wes, Riiiiight and what was the joke? A snake walks into a bar ...?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:04 am
by dipsi
Ynot, was that the itty bitty one that fell on Ben?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:32 am
by alien2
...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..."
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:50 am
by no grain
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:12 pm
by GWG
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!
