Death defying mountain goats climb vertical dam wall

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Harrow
Harrow
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16 May 2019 6:42pm
Worth a look if you've never seen it.
Imax1
Imax1
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16 May 2019 7:29pm
That's nuts . They don't even have fingers or claws just slippery hooves. All to get some salt . I'll just lick my boom
Chris249
Chris249
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16 May 2019 5:40pm
Great vid. About three years ago I was riding my bike through the Alps. I took the side road down from the top of Alpe d'Huez in rain at dusk, and startled some mountain goats. I almost fell off the bike when I saw how quickly they boomed up the steep rocks; it was one of those things you've read about but can't believe when you see it in real life. A few bends later there were some baby wild boars on the road, running away squealing with their trotters clicking and clacking across the tar. Fun times.
Sparky
Sparky
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16 May 2019 5:41pm
The goats aren't complaining about cold hands!
Steve Charles
Steve Charles
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16 May 2019 8:08pm
Very cool bit can they windsurf
Imax1
Imax1
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16 May 2019 8:10pm
Sparky said..
The goats aren't complaining about cold hands!


Goats are like that , never heard a whingy goat .
As my wife says , " I never listen " .
To be fair , I'm not a goat whisperer.
Ben1973
Ben1973
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16 May 2019 7:09pm
Always interesting when you meet one a few hundred feet up a rock face when your climbing, never really been sure of who has right of way
Imax1
Imax1
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16 May 2019 9:14pm
Ben1973 said..
Always interesting when you meet one a few hundred feet up a rock face when your climbing, never really been sure of who has right of way


It's like a friggin traffic jam a few hundred feet up a rock face.
Stuthepirate
Stuthepirate
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17 May 2019 12:09am
Crack head goats tweeking on a dam wall
DavMen
DavMen
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17 May 2019 1:49am
Ben1973 said..
Always interesting when you meet one a few hundred feet up a rock face when your climbing, never really been sure of who has right of way


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Ben1973
Ben1973
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17 May 2019 8:16am
It's a real dilemma, one on hand you don't want to spook it and cause it to fall and on the other hand you really don't want to coming over and knocking rocks or falling on you. There a great bit of film out there that shows them escaping from a wolf, it has them trapped on a ledge 100foot up so they just jump off bounce down the rock face then stand up at the bottom like nothing happened. Cool animals
Ben1973
Ben1973
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17 May 2019 8:19am
Not that bit of film but still good bit
MikeyS
MikeyS
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17 May 2019 11:07am
Opposable thumbs are so over-rated.
sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
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17 May 2019 1:58pm
I hate heights.. Lucky they don't have my imagination..
Harrow
Harrow
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18 May 2019 8:07am
What you don't see is the goat with the Go Pro strapped to it's head doing the close up shots.
Harrow
Harrow
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18 May 2019 8:31am
Of course if you can climb a vertical rock wall, climbing a tree is a breeze.


Or just climb a palm tree for the view.


No problem, you can just walk straight down again.


But they're not so good tight-roping along power lines. This poor guy slipped, and ended up hanging from his horn!
FormulaNova
FormulaNova
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18 May 2019 6:42am
This stuff is incredible. I guess this is probably evolution in action. The first two goats up that tree would have been a lot better off when the wolves were hunting them.

I still can't quite believe it and need to see them in real life. Do they have any of these in the zoo or did they escape?
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