Dogs on 14ers

Dogs, dogs and even some cats
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Re: Dogs on 14ers

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What about pack animals?
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SkiBikeClimb99 wrote:What about pack animals?
Nothing worse than horses sh**ing all over the trail. Had to deal with that on the way out from Ice mountain and was ready to lay down some punji sticks for the next one.
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crossfitter wrote:
SkiBikeClimb99 wrote:What about pack animals?
Nothing worse than horses sh**ing all over the trail. Had to deal with that on the way out from Ice mountain and was ready to lay down some punji sticks for the next one.
Seconded.

I was out around Elephant Butte area last week and damn if every other step wasnt avoiding a different giant pile of horse s**t. I know it is a way of life but damn.
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Re: Dogs on 14ers

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I absolutely hate horse s**t on the trail. It drives me bonkers
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BillMiddlebrook wrote:I absolutely hate horse s**t on the trail. It drives me bonkers

For sure!!! Was dodging some equine bombs on the way down south colony recently.

Some of the front range trails are just as bad at times. If I have to pick up my dogs crap, why shouldn't they have to pick up their horses' crap?!
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Glad I'm not the only one who despises "Horse Cairns".
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One excellent argument for bringing your dog along on a hike is that it really ticks off the equestrians, and I have to admit that makes me pretty happy.
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Wow, it appears I struck a chord here. For the record, I don't have a dog or horse and I certainly don't drop sh*&ts in the middle of the trail. Sorry for getting ya'll stirred up here.
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BillMiddlebrook wrote:I absolutely hate horse s**t on the trail. It drives me bonkers
+1 this is something that is completely pisses me off as well #-o
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jesse wrote:
BillMiddlebrook wrote:I absolutely hate horse s**t on the trail. It drives me bonkers
+1 this is something that is completely pisses me off as well #-o
+1 It should be forbidden! or they should collect it.
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A little historical perspective maybe.
Not that I'm a big fan of horse crap, but:
Horse packers (with their dogs) have a much longer history in the high country than backpackers, hikers and climbers.
My first adventures in the Sierras in the sixties found way more horses than hikers.
Of course it's the other way around now.
Back then I think they had the same disdain for backpackers as we now seem to have for them.
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I hate big ol' piles of bear sh&t on the trail, especially in good berry years -- all purple and seedy.
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