catbirdseat Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Adopt-A-Crag (Clean-up) Day Date: Saturday, September 24, 2005 Time: 9:00AM - 3:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) The Frenchman Coulee Climbers’ Coalition is hosting the Access Fund’s 6th Annual Adopt-a-Crag Day on September 24th at 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Volunteers are needed to maintain trails, remove garbage, re-seed bare ground and control erosion. Meet at the main climbers’ parking lot at the Frenchman Coulee Climbing Area (a.k.a., Vantage) on September 24th beginning at 9:00 am. For more information, contact Kevin Dwight at kdwight@elltel.net Quote
LUCKY Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 I know this is mank but I am work'n 6 days a week and will not be able to make it. Work sooo sucks!!!!looks like I am going to miss the fall climbing season at the coulee, tip one for me Bro Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 20, 2005 Author Posted September 20, 2005 We can forgive you missing this event, on account of you've given a whole lot in the past. You are going to miss the ENTIRE fall climbing season? You got one day a week off right? Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 23, 2005 Author Posted September 23, 2005 I agree. Rattlesnakes don't hurt anyone. They are part of the natural ecosystem. If the snakes were all killed off there would be too many rodents all the vegetation would be eaten and people would be constantly stepping in holes. Quote
LUCKY Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 Note to self: don't post when I have been drinking Tequila on a Friday night Quote
spicoli11 Posted September 24, 2005 Posted September 24, 2005 I've stood on top of a den of rattlers before (large rock).....and didn't even notice that they were there. When I went to step down of this rock I almost stepped on the mom who was on the ground...outside the den. She did not strike at me....I stayed on the rock (3ftx3ft)...then I looked down to see a gaggle of snakes pertruding out on all sides. These snakes and the mother remained calm and passive the entire time.....I stepped off the rock and shit my pants. After several more encounters in the same area with this type of snake I found them to be very passive. Humans should not kill these important snakes Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 26, 2005 Author Posted September 26, 2005 There was a small but active group working on Saturday. We got the camping area completely clean of trash and even beat the bushes finding some trash that had been in place for years. A group worked really hard on the trails on the Northeast side of the Feathers. They hauled rocks and built up the lower sides of the trails to prevent erosion. Others worked to broadcast grass seed on areas that have been trampled. That's just what I saw. There may have been more projects than that. Quote
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