I've Been to the Mountaintop!

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10 August 2005, 23:30

Lorenzo

I've Been to the Mountaintop!

just woww!!
Please if you decide to write a book with your hunting stories don't forget to do an edition in spanish !!!

What an adventure!!

PICTURES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

L

10 August 2005, 23:33

hikerbum

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

when is the book going to press?????

I will take a copy.

Thanks for keeping AR what it is supposed to be about

10 August 2005, 23:41

Bamabow

Thank you. That was brilliant. Congratulations.

10 August 2005, 23:45

Don_G

Now that was well told!

Hear! Hear!

I'm going to the Selous next year. I fear I'll never see anything to beat that if I go 100 times.

But I'll go anyway, just in case!

11 August 2005, 00:33

Redlander

Gosh dang it! This story just serves to drive me crazier

. That and Saeed's DVDs that I'm watching.

My wife promised me a safari when she got out of vet school, and I was just going to do a plains game safari. Now I've got to decide whether to "settle" for the plains game or save a little longer and sign up for one of Pierre's 7-day specials. I'm sure that another trip to the Dallas SC Expo and some more huntin' stories will push me over the edge lol

. Gloom, dispair, and agony on me

.

BTW, JudgeG, that story needs to go to Africa Hunter or Sports Afield. Very well written.

11 August 2005, 00:43

ErikD

Ernest,

An amazing story of a one in a zillion encounter! And well told too!

11 August 2005, 00:43

Rich Elliott

Nice, Judge...really Nice!

Rich Elliott

11 August 2005, 00:54

JOEYBONES

UNBELIEVABLE

11 August 2005, 01:00

dogcat

I just read this again and expected Capstick or John Wayne to come out of the bush as well.
Wow!

As the Brits like to say - " I am gobsmacked"

11 August 2005, 01:04

Atkinson

Good un, I have been in some simular situations with Lions and Bufalo but never at the same time...I always remember what goes through my head at such a time and that is "Shit this ain't so bad, bull riders don't even have a pickup man!"

11 August 2005, 01:05

CWW

I would say that you have indeed been to the mountain! Excellent account of your experience. Bravo.

11 August 2005, 01:12

Brother Dave

Man, I wanna go hunt with Pierre..

11 August 2005, 01:13

Rusty

AWESOME!

11 August 2005, 01:22

ChopperGuy

We're not worthy.

Outstanding experience !!!

______________________
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If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life. - Igor Sikorski, 1947

11 August 2005, 01:49

SBT

Hey Judge, you should forward that to Pierre to be placed on his website.

11 August 2005, 03:02

farktoof

Great story!

11 August 2005, 03:11

buckeyeshooter

Thank you for the story, I felt like I was there. I can also say I would love to have you along the next time things get a bit exciting. You did it all right.

11 August 2005, 03:16

ALF

11 August 2005, 03:26

ForrestB

Outstanding. That made my week, month, year or however long it takes me to get back.
Thank you Judge.

11 August 2005, 03:43

lawndart

Judge,
I'll fly your wing or you can fly my wing from here to hell.
lawndart

11 August 2005, 04:02

Jeff Wemmer

Ahhh yes, ain't life grand!

Excellent on all accounts "Judge"!

Jeff

PS - Must have been that "good-luck" shell belt you were wearing!!!

11 August 2005, 04:04

fergdog

I'm glad my will is up to date. Wow!

11 August 2005, 04:08

Sendero300

Damn, that's a helluva story Judge!! Good stuff

11 August 2005, 04:17

Harris

What a story! That adventure beats the hell out of my big game adventure last night involving a mouse and a Daisy Pallet gun.

On a serious note, you have been through the ultimate test for an african hunter and you did well.

Did you feel even for a second when the lioness leapt on the buffalo that a man with a loaded side by side rifle is on top of the food chain?

11 August 2005, 04:18

bwanamrm

A fantastic encounter, Judge. Congratulations on explaining the primary reason so many of us make the pilgrimage to Africa...to witness nature in her most primordial state.

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

11 August 2005, 04:24

Dungbeetle

You've set a new standard, Judge. And what grit Pierre and the Tracker showed!! Definitely not just "another day at the office" for any of you.

DB

11 August 2005, 04:33

CaneCorso

Damn I want that Westley Richards that you have for sale...sounds like a magic rifle...

11 August 2005, 04:48

Harry

Sounds like you got your monies worth!
Take an Atta Boy Ern..great story.

11 August 2005, 05:00

475Guy

JG

That's great stuff. Wonder if you're ever going to write a book and/or a short story or two.

11 August 2005, 05:39

TheBigGuy

Things you buy you leave behind but that which you experience is yours forever.

Write it down in excellent prose and others can take it with them.

Thank You JudgeG

11 August 2005, 05:40

onefunzr2

What an adventure! Were a change of skivvies in order, too?

Raymond F. Oelrich at Big Game Adventures magazine pays $150 for your talents.
http://www.bgamag.com/about.html

Yours was just as spellbinding as anything from Jim Shockey.

11 August 2005, 05:41

RBHunt

That sure would have made one heck of a video.

11 August 2005, 06:20

Dave James

SWEET JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THat's just too much DAMN fun Judge!

Stay Alert,Stay Alive
Niet geschoten is altijd mis

Hate of America is the defeat position of failed individuals and the failing state

11 August 2005, 06:37

NitroX

Judge

I bet you wished you had hired a video camera man (with hindsight), man, you would have a hunting video to outclass all the others.

I guess the animals decided their own fate!

11 August 2005, 06:41

Charles_Helm

quote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
Judge

I bet you wished you had hired a video camera man (with hindsight), man, you would have a hunting video to outclass all the others.

I am guessing that some camera men would have kept their cool, but we've all seen "charge" videos that show the ground and brush as the camera man runs away...

Maybe Mark Sullivan's guy would have done it right.

Of course, I was also thinking some video would be great.

11 August 2005, 06:55

goosejoe

JudgeG, If that's not a million dollar story then I've never read one, that was the best!Joe

11 August 2005, 07:00

kudude

Hemmingway and Ruark didn't have the adventure or the words! What a furball! Had it been I, I fear there would have been spots of other bodily fluids on my pants! Great reportage. Thanks. Kudude

11 August 2005, 07:01

1JDANIEL

Simply amazing. You may want to save that one for a book. I can only imagine the situation was hotter than donut grease, but take a breath and keep the rifle.

11 August 2005, 07:06

Aspen Hill Adventures

Wow, how lucky are you all to not only have been first hand witnesses but to walk away from it unscathed? It's almost like Nature let you in on a rare secret.

Excellent read, Ernest, please tell us more!

11 August 2005, 07:26

J D

I think I can breath again. I will need a stiff drink to get to sleep after reading such a great account of a once and a lifetime experience.

Thanks
JD