May
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We had an incident tonight. I headed up from work to base where we got the vehicles ready. We had enough people so all 3 vehicles left base and we headed along the Heads of the Valleys road to Trefl Quarry. Once there we started our search for our casualty, reported to be trapped on a ledge. What could it be? A motorcycle rider fallen of his scrambler? A 4×4 driver stuck? A climber? A diver? A walker? None of the above. It was a sheep.
Or at least that’s what we were told. Though we searched the areas described by the original caller, we didn’t find any sheep. So after a few hours of searching, we went home. Another exciting day for Mountain Rescue.
I read this, and was visualising a sure-footed mountain goat standing on the top of a precipice, looking down and laughing a little ‘mountain goat maa-laugh’ as the silly humans rigged their ropes and scoured the mountainside.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure that’s where the saying ‘As sure footed as a mountain goat’ came from.
But then I remembered … Wales. Sheep. Not mountains. Not goats.
(I spent a good 10 minutes stuck on Hwy 1 just east of Golden last week, whilst a herd – at least a dozen of ’em – of curly horned mountain goats alternately licked salt off the road and butted heads. Silly goats. Rutting season is so much fun.)
(and, as I was typing this, my husband told me to grab my camera, which I did, and shot these pictures out the laundry room window http://user.dccnet.com/kcon/Bear2.jpg and http://user.dccnet.com/kcon/Bear3.jpg so thought I’d share.)
Aww, Elaine, you so need to brush up on your English. Though I suppose I could forgive you, being that you don’t speak proper English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain
Nice pictures though. And yes, sheep/goats lick the damn roads around here too.
I speak English plenty good.
It’s just our definitions … differ, Wikipedia notwithstanding.
Mountain:
http://www.jelcon.com/upload/img/IM001351.jpg
Elevation: 2,948 metres (9,338 FT)
My definition of ‘mountain’ it has to be higher than the treeline and have snow year round.
Besides, it’s just fun to tease.