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

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

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