Burying your pet at the base of a popular climbing area.. what could go wrong?

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

I was on the summit of a peak one time. Some dude spread his mother's ashes to the wind, while I was there. I saw him do it. I was downwind.... and felt her on my face and arms, probably breathed her in, too. Kind of gross but only in the imagination. He didn't hurt me and I didn't way a word.  A pet cemetery at the base of a crag? I couldn't care less. if you don't like it, be a dick and steal the marker. 

Ha ha. Respect in the important sense - not saying a word.

And not as bad as getting that salty taste when the bicyclist ahead sneezes.

Buried pets? We have that all over the backyard.  The house is 63 years old!

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

Couldn’t care less. Did you move the body?

Called JeffCo this morning; they put a ranger on it (who will, I assume, properly dispose of the body).  

Apparently using their open space as a personal cemetery is frowned upon.  Weird, I know...

Cool thanks for answering and as an aside, nicely done on that call.

I was starting to think along the lines that the biggest mistake made by the owner was not adhering to LNVT - leave no visible trace.

After reading / thinking a bit, sufficient decomposition of a dog underground takes at least six months. Plus a crag is unlike most backyards in a city that are well protected from critters that would tend to dig things up.  So, yeah, a climbing crag isn’t the place for more than just ashes should things turn out poorly.

Even so, odds are the owner was unaware given the close proximity to the road plus the marker. The base of a steep crag is picturesque even to non-climbers. 

Bill Lawrywrote:

Even so, odds are the owner was unaware given the close proximity to the road plus the marker. The base of a steep crag is picturesque even to non-climbers. 

Agreed, Bill.  That cliff is very pretty (at least I think so) and it's next to a river.  It's pretty close to a loud highway that hosts ear-splitting jake-braking quarry trucks 5 days a week, but that's really the only downside.  The thing I find perplexing is that the cliff is obviously heavily climbed on: it's covered in bolts (and some permas I think... the 14b at least has them) and chalk.  Ok, maybe a non-climber wouldn't notice that or would think it's bird poop or something.  But there is a very well-worn trail from the road up to the cliff that I guarantee the dog owner used to get up there.  So they must have known they weren't just traipsing into some random forest.

In any case, it's -10F (-23C) at my house this morning, and it snowed yesterday so unless JeffCo addressed this yesterday it may be a few days.

John RBwrote:

Called JeffCo this morning; they put a ranger on it (who will, I assume, properly dispose of the body).  

Apparently using their open space as a personal cemetery is frowned upon.  Weird, I know...

You can call the city of Austin if you like. I buried not one, but two dogs in Pease Park at different times over the years with a pick axe to break the limestone. No markers, however, and I can't quite remember what tree they are under.

Tim Stichwrote:

You can call the city of Austin if you like. I buried not one, but two dogs in Pease Park at different times over the years with a pick axe to break the limestone. No markers, however, and I can't quite remember what tree they are under.

I think unmarked graves are in a different category, especially if the grave is deep enough that the carcass won't be dug up by random critters and other dogs.  Still I think using a city park as your personal cemetery is a weird kink but you do you I guess

Tim Stichwrote:

You can call the city of Austin if you like. I buried not one, but two dogs in Pease Park at different times over the years with a pick axe to break the limestone. No markers, however, and I can't quite remember what tree they are under.

if you honestly want to leave you deceased pet in a public place, why would you not cremate them and just scatter their ashes? this seems like a reasonable balance...

Andrew Ricewrote:

Putting little fake pet gravestones at the base of every sport crag seems like a great troll. 

Every boulder too!

Cremating my dogs after having them euthanized was a negligible cost, to the extent that I can't remember what it was.

Bb Cc wrote:

As a pet owner, what is the cost of cremation for an average sized dog?

Do local governments publish guidelines for pet burials?

The cost depends on whether you want your specific animal's cremains. Or happy with cremains from a group that are cremated together.

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

I can't ever imagine putting my dog in the ground. That is why I promised him I would get him taxidermized and bolt him to the wall.  

Will you rap bolt or bolt on lead? 

WF WF51wrote:

Will you rap bolt or bolt on lead? 

I think the best style would be to go ground up, get him fused into a crack then attach him to a bolt so people can't bootie him.

Allen Sandersonwrote:

The cost depends on whether you want your specific animal's cremains. Or happy with cremains from a group that are cremated together.

Lol tossing them in the backyard bonfire is free

I've had to climb past some piles of ashes in the Flatirons and personally scattered ashes of at least one dog off the top of a cliff, though that cliff was definitely obscure and little climbed on.

Bryan Lwrote:

At least that dog won't piss on my stuff, bite me, etc .

This is a great way to get haunted by a dog ghost, tho. 

I can't ever imagine putting my dog in the ground. That is why I promised him I would get him taxidermized and bolt him to the wall.  

If the dog is small enough, turn it into a taxidermy drone to get some sick aerial photos of your climbs!

Jared Anglewrote:

Princess Puppy Lovr wrote:

I can't ever imagine putting my dog in the ground. That is why I promised him I would get him taxidermized and bolt him to the wall.  

If the dog is small enough, turn it into a taxidermy drone to get some sick aerial photos of your climbs!

Great idea! I look forward to the thread in 20 years: Pet Drones at the Crag, Are We Allowed to Shoot Down Puppy Lovers Dog Drone? Also can you taxidermy the male genial of a dog? My dog has big D energy but his testicals were so small they removed them with a needle. Post Mortem he deserves large balls. 

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

Great idea! I look forward to the thread in 20 years: Pet Drones at the Crag, Are We Allowed to Shoot Down Puppy Lovers Dog Drone? Also can you taxidermy the male genial of a dog? My dog has big D energy but his testicals were so small they removed them with a needle. Post Mortem he deserves large balls. 

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