[BULK] - [pct-l] Cutting a Fuller Ridge trail

[yetifan at yahoo.com (Scott Herriott)]

<Have you ever heard of these wild llamas?  His story
made me curious.>


Yes.  The local Bigfeet use them for polo ponies.  :)


Squatch
www.walkpct.com


--- dsaufley@sprynet.com wrote:
> Yours reminds me of a story a fellow mountain biker
> told me.  Apparently, many years ago there were
> mining operations in the San Gabriels that used
> llamas for pack purposes.  The legend goes that when
> the mining operations ceased, some of the llamas
> were somehow left behind, and their progeny have
> survived these generations in the wilds.  Well, one
> day, on a remote trail somewhere in the San Gabes,
> this guy came around a corner almost smack into a
> llama untethered to humans, which in the deep
> shadows he first mistook for a bear.  Not only did
> it scare the beejeebees out of him, he said his mind
> just could not compute what he had seen, since the
> shape and movement were so unexpected and seemingly
> out of place, and definitely not a bear.  He said it
> was a long time before his heart slowed down. 
> 
> Have you ever heard of these wild llamas?  His story
> made me curious. 
> 
> -=Donna Saufley=-
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marion Davison <mardav@charter.net>
> Sent: Apr 6, 2005 8:58 PM
> To: dsaufley@sprynet.com, PCT List
> <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Subject: Re: [BULK] - [pct-l] Cutting a Fuller Ridge
> trail
> 
> dsaufley@sprynet.com wrote:
> 
> >The trail is used for a multitude of running and
> equestrian events, and is often marked for these
> purposes.  Sometimes, if you're lucky, they've put
> out water, too! 
> >
> I had an enjoyable time a couple years ago during a
> training hike in 
> Section D between Three points and Islip Saddle. We
> shared the trail 
> with a 100 mile endurance running race.  They had
> marked the trail with 
> flour, and were traveling west, so we got to meet
> every runner in the 
> race as we traveled east.  Most of them had a big
> facial reaction to a 
> string of five llamas which was a hoot for us.
> llamalady
> 
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