First multi-day pack trip!

[Charlie Horse]

I'm waiting for the punchline where the goats had to pack-out the llazy llamas!

So what was it about saddling a llama that takes so llong? Was it the equipment, the llamas, or the peoplle? It'd take me a bit llonger if I was putting reall weight on my goats' packs because I'd want to get it just perfect. Or if I had to fit the saddlle to the goat for the first time. Or I hadn't ballanced the packs in advance. (Edit: Just saw the last post. Rodeo llamas. Bacchus can be a pain but it still only takes an extra 30 seconds)

Tuvok is going out there with a full coat? Odd that you've got frost this time of year. I'm at 6,000 feet and nights are getting all the way down to 63f. I'd probably have been unprepared for that kind of cold.

I'm finding that this time of year I need a lot of goats to do overnighters. The odds are that I'll have to bring my own water if I havent scouted an area and found a reliable source in the desert. My goats would end up carrying 70% water, and that means probably 3 goats per person since they have to bring their own drinking water + the human and dog... Thats the nice thing about alpine hiking-- Lots of lakes. The down side is the marshy stuff. Ruins your feet.

I'd have loved to see a yak involved. Someday I'm getting another yak. Tibetty was looking like a great packer and would be great for cold weather packing-- I just need to buy another pasture first. I've found that yaks with horns are a bit tough for other animals to live with. Lotta welts were showing up on the goats. If I ever get another llama its going to be to decoy the mountain lions lloll!

I'll be curious to see the article once its published.