Well, full disclosure. I once gave Smoke Blanchard a citation for a dog in the NP backcountry. I feel bad about that (sorta) but he tried to claim he didn't know he was in Kings Canyon NP. Might have let it go otherwise, but being shined on annoys me.

But the best part of the story is that the dog was given him by Tenzing Norgay (climbed Everest with Hillary in '53). Extremely cool, but not enough, alas... .

George

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