[pct-l] Mt Whitney permit

[Mike Welch]

Peggy,  I found the marmots on Forester Pass to be quite aggressive and not friendly at all.  After summiting on a beautiful summer day in 2007, I made myself comfortable in the little notch at the top to have lunch.  But what I thought would be a peaceful respite from my travels was not to be. I was harassed, mercilessly by one large aggressive marmot who apparently thought my food was his food.  At minimum, he seemed to think I should be at least sharing.  I tried to explain to him that the Park Service did not want me feeding the wild animals, but he wasn't having any of that nonsense.  I ended up eating with one hand while making frantic, waving motions with the other.  I was hoping a rattlesnake might come along and chase it off, but alas..no such luck.  Mountain Mike

--- On Thu, 1/6/11, Peggy Rice <msrice27 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Peggy Rice <msrice27 at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Mt Whitney permit
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 9:41 AM

I've wondered what marmots taste like myself.  When I thru-hiked the JMT, we
were low on food after VVR (going southbound) and the marmots on top of
Forester Pass were really friendly - got within a foot of us several times -
and they were big and fat.  We debated getting one with a hiking pole, but
concluded that we didn't have enough fuel left to cook it.  Before I bring
in a bunch of comments, it wasn't a very serious debate!

Peggy
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