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We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... #76460 05/20/10 04:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,391 B-town Eastside, CA MooseTracks Member
MooseTracks Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,391 B-town Eastside, CA	Flickr Pics Think outside the Zone.

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76462 05/20/10 05:24 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 585 Manchester, NH KevinR Member
KevinR Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 585 Manchester, NH	Love it, thanks for posting. Our current Newfie loves to slide on the snow, although he's more subtle in his approach - he pretends to trip, and then just takes advantage of it.

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76466 05/20/10 06:27 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 139 Redondo Beach Mark Irving Member
Mark Irving Member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 139 Redondo Beach	What a great video, those guys sure are having a good time! They almost look like baby seals when they're sliding down the slope. They obviously took a snow travel course...

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76472 05/20/10 07:26 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 696 California JamesL Member
JamesL Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 696 California	THAT'S AWESOME! I have a yellow lab at home. Showed her the video and she almost knocked the monitor off the desk.

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76475 05/20/10 08:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 42 Arizona oohikeroo Member
oohikeroo Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 42 Arizona	Love it...thanks for posting, was fun just watching!!!

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76478 05/20/10 08:37 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 43 Huntington Beach, CA MartiniGal Member
MartiniGal Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 43 Huntington Beach, CA	Hopefully that won't be me over Memorial Day weekend! Eeek! I don't think it would be nearly as fun as THESE two are having!

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MartiniGal #76480 05/20/10 09:59 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 161 Los Angeles California Lori Williams Member
Lori Williams Member Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 161 Los Angeles California	Laura--that was great --gave me a laugh in the middle of my work day. Thanks for posting. It's just better in the mountains

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76504 05/21/10 05:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 143 Palmdale, CA DobeMom Member
DobeMom Member Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 143 Palmdale, CA	Is that the official Doggie Glissade form? Maybe it's time my dobes practice that skill, Thanks for sharing, Laura!! Love it so much I can't stop re-playing it! My SmugMug Photos

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... MooseTracks #76510 05/22/10 12:36 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 37 Burlingame, CA DayHiker Member
DayHiker Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 37 Burlingame, CA	I love the easy self-arrest with 4 feet! Thanks for posting this-it's great!

Re: We dun need no stinkin' ice axes... DayHiker #76522 05/22/10 06:27 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 250 Aptos, California, USA ClimbSTRONG Member
ClimbSTRONG Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 250 Aptos, California, USA	The word "dogsled" now has a complete new visual for me. Thanks for sharing. climbSTRONG "Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing" -Helen Keller

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