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Something about these beasts

Those I've come to know in this group know that I love the state in which I live. Now and then, I'm able to drive high enough to see something like this. These guys don't care that I'm there. They just do what they do, laze about in the sun, and don't even realize what's in front of them in the way of a view or what's behind them in the way of my camera and my lungs that are about to explode. The mountain goat...

posted by kivatoo

Nice picture.

posted by moontan007
7 months ago

Spectacular~ Truly speaks~

posted by ASRAI
7 months ago

Beautiful, Kiva! I love this shot - they seem so unaffected by everything :P)

posted by gardenlady110
7 months ago

They'll always be a totem for me. I've seen them in the wild only once but it wasn't an ordinary meeting.

I was kayaking the Gallatin River with a buddy and not sure I wanted to paddle the toughest section of it. When we got to it, we stopped for a while and I just looked around me at the canyon walls.

Mountain goats are rarely seen in Gallatin Canyon but there they were - perched on a ledge hundreds of feet above me. I took it for a harbinger and ran the Mad Mile without incident. My buddy wasn't so lucky.

posted by Rhesus
7 months ago

Okay, Rhesus, I'll bite. What happened to your buddy?

posted by kivatoo
7 months ago

Oh, he capsized - took a swim. Had to swim his boat to shore and restart.

Sorry, didn't mean to leave you on the edge. It was all about the goats; a sight I'll never forget.

posted by Rhesus
7 months ago

thanks for the pictures of the goats, they are awesome.

As to Rhesus and his friend, long ago before any but Eskimos used kayaks I used to canoe many rapids not meant for canoes. I usually entered as a canoeist and departed as a swimmer...