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Tempelton
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Re: Mountain Lion

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I've never ever seen a mountain lion, through many years and many hikes and runs. Maybe someday... preferably with other people, or from a car!

I had a staring contest with a bobcat on top of Mt. Sanitas once though. I didn't feel very threatened by it... too small to drag me off for lunch.
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benlen wrote:Y'all say that, but wait until you're solo and encounter one hiking or skiing. And then watch this. I'm not saying it isn't a cool experience, but I don't relish.
I was solo.

Anyway, in the last 20 years, there have been three fatal mountain lion attacks in the US. This compared to about 440 deaths by attacks from cows.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/io9.gizmod ... 950434/amp
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Saw one while running in Rox Park- surprised at the size. Also- no dogs allowed there or at Sharptail Ridge.
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Scott P wrote:Anyway, in the last 20 years, there have been three fatal mountain lion attacks in the US. This compared to about 440 deaths by attacks from cows.
Funny you mention that Scott, check this out.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california ... story.html
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Scott P wrote:
benlen wrote:Y'all say that, but wait until you're solo and encounter one hiking or skiing. And then watch this. I'm not saying it isn't a cool experience, but I don't relish.
I was solo.

Anyway, in the last 20 years, there have been three fatal mountain lion attacks in the US. This compared to about 440 deaths by attacks from cows.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/io9.gizmod ... 950434/amp
That kind of puts it in proper perspective.
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Scott P wrote:...in the last 20 years, there have been three fatal mountain lion attacks in the US. This compared to about 440 deaths by attacks from cows.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/io9.gizmod ... 950434/amp
What percentage of those cow-attacks happened on the way to Capitol? :-D

All joking aside, some of those cows scared me!
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KentonB wrote: What percentage of those cow-attacks happened on the way to Capitol? :-D

All joking aside, some of those cows scared me!
Wonder if you could get a cow to follow you to the summit of K2.
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workmanflock wrote:I hope you sued. I carry pepper spray these days.
i checked him immediately after the encounter and all i saw was saliva so i didn't think anything of it.
that said, if i carried pepper spray i wouldn't have sprayed the dog... it probably would have gone in the owner's face :?
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I would gladly trade any number of my bear sightings for a single cougar sighting (** at a proper distance, naturally). I lived in Washington state for a long time before living here, and I'm still oh-fer. Oh-fer two states.
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Saw a mountain lion back in 2007 doing the Subway from the top in ZNP. Got a pic of it. About 50 ft. away from us.
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Marmot72 and I ran into one around 4 a.m. near Ypsilon Lake while doing Blitzen to Mummy Mania. It acted very cat like.

Otherwise, I've only seen their marks or crossing roads on the way to trail heads
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A few years back on the Yankee Boy Basin road at about 1:00am in the morning I was heading up to do Sneffels the next day and happened to stumble across Brett Maune on his attempt to beat Andrews FKT and stopped and chatted with him about his long day (C-Basin, Wilsons, Sneffels)... Shortly after talking to him and heading up the road, we saw (pretty damn sure) a Lion stalking or following Brett's route down the road. The way the eyes moved in the headlights of my truck made it like no other mammal I have seen at night, and was very very cat-like. Cat was probably around 1 mile behind Brett when we saw it.
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