Aren’t the young ones supposed to be the irresponsible ones?
I carefully watched a young Rocky Mountain Sheep nibbling on grass at the edge of a cliff. I’ve noticed that young ones often have extra energy to explore higher up rocky cliffs and I hoped it would happen on my watch.
Suddenly the young one effortlessly darted up the cliff, casually throwing off the usually reliable pull of gravity.
After achieving some height, it looked over a nearby edge. I thought for a second I would get an amazing mid-air shot, though I cringed at the possible result.
After a quick glance, it carefully started to retrace its steps back to the herd.
Such responsibility demonstrated by a youngster! Human parents around the world can only dream about maturity like this at a young age.
Exceptional parenting must have yielded this remarkable result. While the young one was working its way down, I looked with newfound admiration at the herd. My admiration quickly melted as I noticed the parents and older relatives were busy blocking traffic and generally making a nuisance of themselves.
Maybe some good traits aren’t hereditary.
Krahnpix 
Hang on and dont slip, how amazing, great post and images, I have never seen anything like this before.
Cheers Callie
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Thanks. They have incredible capacity to navigate rocky terrain.
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impressive shots!
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Thanks. It was fun being there.
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love this images ! great post, thanks for sharing .
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I appreciate you stopping by and commenting. It was a lot of fun being there and watching.
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my pleasure :–)
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These animals are so incredible. They definitely make even the better of the human rock climbers look kind of clumsy.
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I totally agree. They also have much better equipment.
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Reblogged this on patriciaddrury and commented:
Living on the edge by lylekrahn 😉
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The poor RMS baby shows such caution because mom and dad are on a bender. You see, he has had to fend for himself so he knows better than most how to navigate this crazy world. I think we should turn his parents into CPS.
x,
Becca
Lady or Not…Here I Come
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Slip sliding away. It is amazing that they can stand at an angle like they do.
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I think I want shoes of whatever is on their feet!
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Wonderful shots. I hope that you were on more solid ground yourself when you shot this. You seem to like to chase adventure yourself, though perhaps not with quite the same sense of impetuousness as the young sheep.
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Very stable ground – the highway actually. I’m a fan of controlled adventures.
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I really like the dynamic set off by the diagonal lines of the rocks.
If this young sheep has any sense it will slide down the rock and get itself an automatic pedicure! 😉
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Diagonal rocks were made for pedicures – good idea!
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🙂
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