EISPIRATEN

or maybe she had 5 lamb, 11 ewe and 4 ram.


its 6 pm yesterday, and after me and 3 of my friends are down for a dunk at the falls. we head up the slippery stones and i spot a llama 50 feet up the creek.

"what the fuck is a llama doing in the Cucamonga Wilderness?" i ask myself.
"what the fuck are two llamas doing here?"

i look closer, and notice 3 more. theyre ewes, and theyre running up the hill faster than shit. i run as fast as i can, tripping all over myself as my dream of seeing Nelson Bighorn Sheep finally comes true.

i count more than 20 in the herd. 4 young rams are the last up the steep wash, looking back at us, observing the weird colors of our t-shirts.

we are astonished as we head up to the falls. we swim 10 minutes goes by, then 3 ewes and a lamb come cascading down the face to the right, not even noticing us. theyre probably no more than 20 feet away across the creek. it takes them 12 seconds to accomplish something it would take Norman Clyde 12 hours.

pix soon..

Wait... sheep, or llamas?

Out of curiosity... have you had your eyes checked recently?

i thought they were llamas at first

"what the f is a llama doing in the Cucamonga Wilderness?" i ask myself.
"what the f are two llamas doing here?"

Did you guys burn a whole one on the way to the falls? That might explain the mistaken llamas?

soooooo.jealous.

8)

NICE sighting.

Dudley Heinsbergen wrote:i thought they were llamas at first

Llama:


Bighorn:



Now you have let the cat out of the bag! The USFS has kept the San Gabriel llama herds a secret for years...
*************
I know we're going overboard now. It was just too fun to pass up!

Anyhow, you are very lucky to see so many bighorn. Great pics!

Here's a llama I saw this weekend in Ice House Canyon. At first I thought it was a dog, but...

At first, I thought it was a llama...

yes most definately scorched!

Cedar Glen 2 September, 2007. Not Photoshop, I swear.



All kidding aside, those are great o.c. Nelsoni pictures, thanks for posting them.

Elwood wrote:Cedar Glen 2 September, 2007. Not Photoshop, I swear

There are several Llama Packers along with goat packers here locally

http://www.northwestpackgoats.com/

http://www.llama.org/

It is a great way for someone who can't carry a pack and doesn't want to deal with a horse

Cheers
Matt

mattmaxon wrote:

Elwood wrote:Cedar Glen 2 September, 2007. Not Photoshop, I swear

There are several Llama Packers along with goat packers here locally

http://www.northwestpackgoats.com/

http://www.llama.org/

It is a great way for someone who can't carry a pack and doesn't want to deal with a horse

Cheers
Matt

Goat packers? Can't say I've ever heard of that. I have seen llamas out on the trail.

Hikin_Jim wrote:Goat packers? Can't say I've ever heard of that. I have seen llamas out on the trail.

Yeah
One PCTA member that comes to mind is "Sweet Goat Mama"

http://www.goattracksmagazine.com/

Cheers
Matt

Fascinating. Mules, llamas, and now goats. I wonder if anyone has ever written up an article comparing and contrasting them.

I would think, though, that non-native goats might be pretty destructive in Alpine areas. Don't goats eat pretty darn near anything and leave bare earth behind? I know they've had erosion problems on the channel islands due to goat defoliation.

That being said, I have no idea how llamas affect things like meadows. Mules of course turn trails into trenches filled with a fine powder dust that goes deep into the lungs. I'm not all that hot on mules in the wilderness either.

IHC last July

hvydrt wrote:Did you guys burn a whole one on the way to the falls? That might explain the mistaken llamas?

hvydrt,

Didn't you see that Dudley is from Orange County? Nobody in Orange County uses drugs, or even marijuana, they all still abide by Nancy Reagan's 'Just Say No' campaign. Also, God Bless America, forgot all the other countries around the world, God doesn't care about them.

llama packers= attention whores...

carry your own sh!t

Armored bears are a thousand times cooler.