Snakes are awake at Vantage

[Buckshot]

Last night at the Sunshine Wall I saw my first rattlesnake of the season. The guy we climbed with saw one earlier that day too. I have been seeing gopher snakes a lot but this is the first buzztail I have seen so far this summer. The snake I saw was in the middle of the trail under the Sunshine Wall right about where the "Party in Your Pants" route is. I grabbed its tail and flung him down the valley as far as I could. Not trying to keep people away (though it might be nice to be able to get on a route on a Saturday) I'm just sayin' be careful where you step!

[billcoe]

Last night at the Sunshine Wall I saw my first rattlesnake of the season. The guy we climbed with saw one earlier that day too. I have been seeing gopher snakes a lot but this is the first buzztail I have seen so far this summer. The snake I saw was in the middle of the trail under the Sunshine Wall right about where the "Party in Your Pants" route is. I grabbed its tail and flung him down the valley as far as I could. Not trying to keep people away (though it might be nice to be able to get on a route on a Saturday) I'm just sayin' be careful where you step!

 

Wowzer! Flung it? Wow

[Buckshot]

 

I might have jumped and screamed a little first.

[billcoe]

I would have had a "Party in My Pants" even without touching said reptile, and not a little one.

[Plaidman]

Ditto! What Bill said. You are certainly a badass.

[mountainmatt]

Either a bad ass or practicing snake handler...

 

 

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[Plaidman]

Either a bad ass or practicing snake handler...

 

Was that practice or did you know what you were doing Buckshot?

I wouldn't practice anymore.

Edited June 27, 2012 by Plaidman