Good morning. Sad news. The puppy who showed up at @scullbinderranch two nights ago, now named Roo, has a broken femur. We took her to the vet yesterday. Itās an old injury. So that means someone kicked a 6 to 12-month-old puppy, let her suffer for a few months, and then dumped her in the wilderness down Weber Canyon with a broken leg to leave her to starve or be eaten?! WTF, right?
So it would cost $5k to have the leg fixed. But the Denkai Animal Sanctuary, says they can amputate it for much less, around $1500. We will still look into options for saving her leg, but that seems out of reach.
We have a lovely sweet mama who wants to adopt her already @rebeccalouzan š. But neither her new mom nor Steve and I can afford this right now with taxes due, so weāre asking for help.
We recognize this is a challenging time to ask for money. I donāt know about you, but our taxes sure as hell didnāt go down. Neither did our insurance, groceries, or gas. Itās tough. But itās also tough to know what to do in this circumstance. Denkai said they would also help raise money, which is amazingā¤ļø. Thanks for any help you can offer.
Link is in my bioā¤ļø
Hereās my version of lazy. Literally couldnāt be bothered to take my house slippers off for a twilight dog walk. I may or may not have been wearing pants. #winning
Our Mnt lion is back. Treed right by the house. Iām feeling like we are just completely lucky to get to witness this animal so close up. Also ready for it to move on!!
This weekend I had the pleasure of kicking off my 2026 instruction and guiding season with a small group of level 1 paddlers. What a refreshing and lovely two days on and off the river. These folks were prepared for learning and a whole lot more. Our current offerings @fourcornersguides are getting full but there are still slots available for certain courses. Hit us up if you want to join us for riveting conversation and paddling knowhow!!
Foolz Tour 13. Mostly Sunny with a chance of unicorns š¦šø. And wind and rain and cold and hot. Desert tower climbing would not be without. Thank you @desertdannyp and @andrew_burr for bringing it! Always. š„ā¤ļø
Weāre going to the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park August 19-27 for a nine-day packrafting and backpacking adventure on McCarthy Creek and the Kennicott, Nizina, Chitna, and Copper Rivers. Who wants in?
More information is in the link in our bio. š„ @republicofdoom #thisispackrafting #packraftalaska #alaskaadventure
Iām a big fan of @andrew_burr and his work,itās a bonus to find myself captured in his imagery. Andyās recent feature and contents spread in Summit Journal about dirt desert tower climbing is an absolute joy to see in print form.
Thanks @summit.journal for producing such a quality publication!
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Important reminder (to myself as well) I will be presenting a slideshow at the @doloreslibrary tonight at 600 PM. Various Doom adventures will be shown, who knows maybe youāll be in it?? Better show up so you can help me get the story straight!!!
