mountainsandsound Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 I hear the rats are bad in the Eldorado/Klawatti area. Is it worth bringing a proper tent (rather than a go-lite tarp shelter) to avoid my crap getting chewed up? Quote
ivan Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 You're all gonna die: (Shot at Inspiration Col) [video:youtube] They're not bad - they keep the place free of litter. Stuff your gear in a pack and you'll be fine with a bivvy. Unless they go for the soft parts of your face while you sleep. You never know. Quote
mountainsandsound Posted June 26, 2013 Author Posted June 26, 2013 Wow. Persistent little shit. I read a trip report a while back about a rat chomping down hard on a guys finger as he slept at an exposed bivy. Quote
jordansahls Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 I remember being locked in mortal combat with a big bastard all night on a bivy ledge while doing to Torment-Forbidden traverse. The damn thing kept trying to chew through my pack. Quote
DPS Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 I remember being locked in mortal combat with a big bastard all night on a bivy ledge while doing to Torment-Forbidden traverse. The damn thing kept trying to chew through my pack. I think the same Snaffle chewed the snot out of my new pack on the T-F Traverse. Quote
rob Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZipC_qQE6ok Quote
JasonG Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Just bring a rat trap, they're light. Welcome to the jungle. Quote
mountainsandsound Posted June 27, 2013 Author Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I guess I will just have to add them to my list- of animals I have been bitten, chased, harassed, or attacked by. Much restraint was shown in Ivan's video, patting that thing on the head to shoo it away rather than executing it. But it is a national park after all. Edited June 27, 2013 by Nater Quote
yikes Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 I guess I will just have to add them to my list- of animals I have been bitten, chased, harassed, or attacked by. Much restraint was shown in Ivan's video, patting that thing on the head to shoo it away rather than executing it. But it is a national park after all. Leave no trace. If you kill it, you have to eat it. Quote
boadman Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 What is the actual name of that animal? It doesn't really look like a rat, it's tail is furry, but it seems to big to be a mouse. (cue.. "it's a hound, sub genera snaffle" comments) Quote
DPS Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Bushy Tailed Woodrat, Neotoma cinerea. Edited June 27, 2013 by DPS Quote
jordansahls Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 I remember being locked in mortal combat with a big bastard all night on a bivy ledge while doing to Torment-Forbidden traverse. The damn thing kept trying to chew through my pack. I think the same Snaffle chewed the snot out of my new pack on the T-F Traverse. They certainly are the largest Snaffles I have ever seen out in the Cascades. Quote
DPS Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 They certainly are the largest Snaffles I have ever seen out in the Cascades. The thing would run across my chest every time I nodded off. It felt like a small dog. Quote
Drederek Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 This woodrat didn't seem to mind sharing the crack very much at all. He lives at the City of Rocks. Quote
matt_warfield Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) On Dragontail I slept with my head on pack but still woke up to the sweet smell of rodent (woodrat) right next to my face trying to snafflehound my pack. On another open bivy mice were terrorizing the place. I would just wake up now and then and flip my feet up and down to shake them off my sleeping bag. On Chiefshead CO a marmot came sprinting up the glacier toward my stowed pack while I was on the rock. Poorly aimed rock chucking did not deter it. Not having rodents in the mountains is definitely aid. Edited June 28, 2013 by matt_warfield Quote
selkirk Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Had a marmot try to abscond with a 60m climbing rope up on Eldorado. Looke like the rope weighed more than he did. He certainly was feeling ambitious that day! Quote
B Deleted_Beck Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Hell yea you should fear them mufuccers.. they'll straight up car jack your shit. Quote
B Deleted_Beck Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 Uh, that's a chipmunk. Even a chipmunk is a snafflejacker at 6,000'. Quote
mattp Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 If they chew into your food, your boots, or chew your brake lines, ... or if they just run across your face when you are trying to sleep - they are bad. Call 'em snaffles, or call them just plain no good. I love nature but there are limits. Quote
mountainsandsound Posted July 12, 2013 Author Posted July 12, 2013 I climbed the Boulder Cleaver/Glacier on Baker last week. Poking our heads out of the tent at 1 am revealed a well-attended rodent party in progress in our camp. I was an idiot and left my bowl and spork in the open. The bowl was licked clean and the party guests left several turds where my oatmeal was planning on being. I rinsed several times with boiling water but I am still preparing for hauntavirus or the plague. Quote
ivan Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 every minute snaffle-charlie squats in the scree he gets stronger... Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 The problem with snaffles is that they love too much. Quote
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