Llama rescue?

I saw it August 9th.

Probably just on a Buhddist spiritual quest.

Oh, with two "L" s. Never mind.

"Probably just on a Buhddist spiritual quest.

Oh, with two "L" s. Never mind."

My husband already beat you to that punchline!

A short version of a story, from when I backpacked in the Catskills:

We were waiting out the rain at a store that sold Tibetan stuff. The owner told about how they have these cabins — "where the lamas stay."

The rain didn't stop. I marched my husband out in the rain. We were soaked in the morning. Instead of continuing on for a second night we hiked out and went back to the store and made arrangements to stay in the cabins. No lamas were in town.

The next morning we found ourselves eating chicken at a Buddhist barbecue!

Go figure.

"Probably just on a Buhddist spiritual quest.

Oh, with two "L" s. Never mind."

Now that's just plain awful! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

:)

The llama was still on the lam when I was there on the 16th and in the same area. Some people have named "her" Dolly.

Sounds like my friend in an Indian Restaurant. We head into the buffet line and he blurts out "Holy Cow, they have beef here!"

You would think the Llama has an owner that would have taken it back home???

Maybe we could introduce Llamas as wild animals?

At my senior prom-to-dawn (1961 !!) my buddy was standing in a slow moving buffet line. Mark turns to me and with a perfect German accent says, "Zis reminds me uf der lines at Auschwitz." I could have sunk throughout the floor as my Jewish American Princess prom date standing behind me was mortified.

Some lines are unforgettable – for good or bad reasons.

¿Donde se llama?

Someone will alpaca him up.

Where is Morgan? At the APA Roundup he had the great idea to get Alpaca (raft company) to sponsor a trip using Alpaca (critters) as pack animals with a specially built Alpaca raft to carry the Alpacas. Sounded like a great idea to me!

Is there a PFD that will fit them?

–B.G.–

I'll try to contact some WA llama folks and see if they are even aware of this. Llamas are REALLY hard to catch. I was really lucky on the 4 Pass Loop when an offleash dog raced into camp and charged my llamas as we were getting to leave. One ran to the end of his picket and snapped his halter. I freaked as I was digging for the spare halter and envisioning chasing my llama across the wilderness trying to catch it. He was evidently sufficiently unnerved that he ran over to my buddy and we we able to get the halter on him. Very lucky it was just one. If they both had gotten lose, I'm not sure I'd have been able to catch them. I was pretty annoyed and the guy tried to blame us for being too close to the trail but we were over 100' and dogs are required to be on leash there. But the others in his group basically shamed him into apologizing. Eventually. After they left, I realized I should have demanded $15 for the broken halter.

I can't even catch my llamas in their pasture if I just try to approach them. I have a catch pen that I herd them into. They got out once when I stupidly left the gate open when I ran down to chase off a couple of bears that were on the other side of the fence from them but checking them out. The bears took off one way and the llamas took off the other way out of the gate. I figure I chased them about 5 miles in 2 hours until I lucked into a fence line that led to a corral. It was funny going up to the door: "Excuse me but those are my llamas in your corral and I'll be back for them shortly."

Llamas are herd animals and do not like to be alone. A llama was loose on Pikes Peak for 30 days or so a few years back. Nobody could catch it until 2 people brought llamas up and hiked around until they saw it. The llama ran over and they easily got a rope on it. That's what it will take to catch this one.

Can you rope them?

Well, not me personally. :) I'm sure a roping expert could. But if they missed they likely wouldn't get a second chance. If you can just get a rope tossed over their neck, they tend to think they're already caught and give up. It might be possible to do that since the rangers have been said to get him to eat out of their hand. But as prey animals, they are really wary. I've tried that before without any luck.

Actually, I take that back. As soon as someone started twirling a rope anywhere near one, it would be gone. They're far more skittish than horses.

"I'll try to contact some WA llama folks and see if they are even aware of this."

Thanks Randy.

more specific detai: I saw him to the east of the PCT, just north of Snowgrass Flats. I think the other portlandhiker.org sightings were more or less in that vicinity.

That's where I spotted the llama too. On the west side if the trail laying by a small pond.

Thanks Katherine and Michael. There are llama people going up there next week and I've passed on your sighting info. I hope they find and catch him.

Excellent, thank you Randy!

Just got this email. Some good news to start the day:

"The llama from the Goat Rocks Area has been found and has been successfully and safely lead out on the second attempt to find it. The folks from Rattlesnake Ride Llamas (Pasco) went in on the second trip. The information was provided very late last night as it was being led out. http://www.rattlesnakeridgeranch.com/"

Great job by those involved in the rescue!

That is good news!

Hooray! Thanks for the update and your concern!

Hadn't heard about the rescue in the regular news yet — so thank you for posting.
Kelly