Team building trip

[seth s]

Picked up a awesome Obershalli from another member and took him and part of the string on a team building exercise.  My wife and two co-workers that wanted to see the alpine wilderness and pack goats. The goats we took out were Pilot, Buddy, Buster, and Uber.  Pilot and buddy both carried 24lbs each and Buster and Uber carried 5 lbs each as they are still 1.5 years old.  The gear that we ran was one aluminum northwest saddle with panyards,  March Warnkes soft saddle and two of his training saddles with panyards.   For leashes I used the run of the mill dog leashes but do want to upgrade to the Marc's leashes he sells. Got to the trailhead and was surprised to see it almost full at 0800 in the morning.  Backpacking has really gained in popularity!  Great day and really enjoyed the views that the Alpine has to offer.   Perry thanks again for the goat!!!