Thought this was worth a share. This dog sounds incredible.
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First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal
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Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal
Definitely an incredible dog and a very cool story. Polar shares a similar but much tamer story. I found Polar as a stray in a little mountain village when I was guiding in China (she most likely got lost from her previous owner), and she climbed the 17,7000 feet Haxaxushan with me. When I came back to the US I brought her with me.
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We don't want to hear about the time your dog did a fourteener.
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Loki has some big paws to fill...
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Wow! Incredible story! Thanks for sharing.
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Loved the article, thank you for sharing.
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Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal
A friend of mine was on this trip. He said the dog was pretty amazing.
I have myself witnessed and shared a summit with a dog. Not quite 7000m but it was on Aconcagua which is just shy of that.
I have myself witnessed and shared a summit with a dog. Not quite 7000m but it was on Aconcagua which is just shy of that.
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Well the Russians sent a dog to space so they're wrong.but this is perhaps the highest-recorded elevation ever reached by a dog anywhere in the world.
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Well technically, space would be out of this world.username72 wrote:Well the Russians sent a dog to space so they're wrong.but this is perhaps the highest-recorded elevation ever reached by a dog anywhere in the world.
Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal
I laughed at this too, but Sophie (Kushner's dog) is pretty damn impressive. She's done something like 150 14ers, including some difficult scrambles and winter routes.XterraRob wrote:We don't want to hear about the time your dog did a fourteener.
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Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal
Careful. You don't want to start a thread about a dog going up the LB hourglass...SurfNTurf wrote: I laughed at this too, but Sophie (Kushner's dog) is pretty damn impressive. She's done something like 150 14ers, including some difficult scrambles and winter routes.
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Impressive but if measuring by peaks per pound Zero has everyone beat. 50 peaks over 13k and something like 65-70 ranked total. So she's at least 8 peaks per pound of dog.SurfNTurf wrote:I laughed at this too, but Sophie (Kushner's dog) is pretty damn impressive. She's done something like 150 14ers, including some difficult scrambles and winter routes.XterraRob wrote:We don't want to hear about the time your dog did a fourteener.
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