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Buller Ice Climbing 5-Jul-2010 At 4:43:18 PM Bob Saki

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On 5/07/2010 nmonteith wrote:
>On 5/07/2010 Bob Saki wrote:
>>On the way home I got rather freaked out by the dog tracks in the snow
>>some prints had a span of 7-10cm so I was on the lookout all the way
>down.
>
>Isn't this the same phenomena of the Yeti paw prints? A small animals
>prints melt out to a larger looking print in the sun. I'm sure there isn't
>any large roaming packs of wild dogs ready to kill you on Mt Buller.

These tracks were very fresh i.e. not there at 9 am in the morning but present at 2:30pm. The melt wasn't that significant but it's a fair point you raise.

It's not death that worries me so much as being left a mess, and what i know of dogs/wolves as pack animals they are ruthless hunter take a look at the African Hunting Dog more efficient hunters than lions, cheetahs and leopards

I'm sure I seem paranoid but I was attacked by a local dog that was well known to be hungry and without assistance I may have been badly mauled.

MIK I do have pics and will post