[pct-l] Chickens on a leash

[Reinhold Metzger]

This, probably, is how and were the "BIG FOOT" thing started.

JMT Reinhold
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Stephen wrote:
> Mush, little chickies, mush !
> No but seriously, I did try crossing chickens and dogs after I found 
> the chickens got too tough and grislly after about a hundred miles.  I 
> called my hybrid trail crew chogs.  Strange looking things.  Big 
> powerful rear ends for hauling me up those grades, but they kept 
> tumbling head over tin cups on the downhill steeps.  And after a few 
> days the charking (not a chirp, cluck or a bark, sort of a chark) 
> about drove me batty.  The chogs also have a tendency to bite Sierra 
> Clubbers and I was constantly on the look out for the rangers as my 
> chogs were big and pulled me along in a golden chariot (spray painted; 
> I'm cheap).
> Unfortunately, the chogs ran wild near Rae Lakes and last I saw them 
> they were in the Sixty Lakes Basin eating frogs and I could not round 
> them up.
> Wasn't worth the trouble, so try chickens maybe, but I'm gonna walk 
> next time.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhold Metzger" 
> <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net>; <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chickens on a leash
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>
>> Yes Armanda,
>> The chickens will be able to do all that and more
>> It seems the usefulness of  "Chickens on a leash" to hikers is 
>> unlimited.
>> You will not need snow shoes, ice ax or crampons even in heavy snow 
>> years.
>> Chickens, with their long claws, have build in crampons.
>> Just rope yourself to your chickens and with their crampon feet they
>> will be able to tow you over the highest snow covered passes.
>> You could even wear skis, with the chickens towing you, and really make
>> some good time wile the rest of the thrus struggle
>> along post holing in the snow
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
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>> Armanda  "Sheperd" wrote:
>>> Now your thinking!  Wow, what a concept.  If you have a whole flock of
>>> them, they would be able to clear the snow ahead of you or act as
>>> traction devices for self-arresting.  They could help pull you up
>>> those steep passes.  If you breed them with longer, stronger wings,
>>> they can help lift your back pack making it ultralight regardless of
>>> the base weight or how many consumables you have brought, or maybe
>>> they can even carry it for you.
>>>
>>> Hovering in place, they can be used instead of tent poles.  Maybe we
>>> could design the first flying hammock.  Now that's the way to do the
>>> trail!  No walking necessary.  With an attached video camera, you can
>>> let your recon chicken fly up above the tree tops to get a clear view
>>> of where you are.  Should you happen to get a rip in any of you down
>>> clothing or your sleeping bag, you can replace the feathers.
>>> This is great!  It would be easy to do too if  I only lived on a
>>> farm.  Humm, but living in the city...  perhaps I could go to one of
>>> those Santa Maria or Voodoo supply stores.  Here Chickie, Chickie,
>>> Chickie.
>>>
>>> Shepherd
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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