<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div><div>Old and busted: cat stuck in a tree. </div><div><br></div><div>New and improved: cat stuck on a cliff face after attempting to go mountain climbing, resulting in a daring 300-foot rappelling rescue, just in time to arrive safely back on the ground for Caturday.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Missoulian</i> (Missoula, Montana) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/cat-retrieved-from-rimrocks-by-rappelling-rescuer/article_b65536ec-51be-5898-94cd-7c3d9afa9caf.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/cat-retrieved-from-rimrocks-by-rappelling-rescuer/article_b65536ec-51be-5898-94cd-7c3d9afa9caf.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 50px; margin: 0px 100px 0px 0px; font-family: Hind, sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Cat retrieved from Rimrocks by rappelling rescuer</h1><div> </div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BILLINGS — The Schreiber family's cat Dougal has been climbing bigger and bigger things lately, according to her owner Jodi Schreiber.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But on Tuesday, she graduated from trees and scaled the Rimrocks in Billings, reaching a perch about 15 feet from the top of the rock formation.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That's when Dougal must have had some doubts.</span></p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region " style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Through a chance encounter with Patrick Riedl, a local arborist who rescues treed cats on the side, Dougal got down safely after a rope rescue Wednesday afternoon.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dougal and her littermate Tigger were let out of the house Tuesday morning by Jodi Schreiber and her 12-year-old twin sons, Ryan and Kyle.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cats go out every morning but return to the Lohof Drive neighborhood at around 10 p.m., Jodi Schreiber said.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Tuesday night, Tigger came home. Dougal was a no-show.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jodi Schreiber stepped out onto her back porch and peered into the darkness. She heard loud meowing coming from somewhere on the Rims.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ryan went out with a flashlight and scanned the Rimrocks until the beam caught something bright shining near the top — Dougal's eyes.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The twins and their mother set out the next day in their car for the top of the Rimrocks, hoping to find a way to get Dougal down.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They loaded a basket with some of the cat's favorite treats, tied a rope to its handle and lowered it to Dougal's perch. She wouldn't take the bait.</span></p></div><div id="video-ad-asset-container" class="p402_hide" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 1.5s; -webkit-transition: max-height 1.5s;"><div class="video-responsive-ad video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-controls-disabled vjs-user-inactive vjs-ad-playing vjs-paused vjs-error" id="video-ad-asset" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; padding: 30px 0px 301.390625px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-user-select: none; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 20px;"><video id="video-ad-asset_html5_api" class="vjs-tech" src="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 535.828125px; height: 331.390625px;"></video><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="vjs-text-track-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; position: absolute; bottom: 4em; left: 1em; right: 1em;"></div><div id="ima-ad-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; top: 0px; position: absolute; width: 536px; height: 331px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; width: 536px; height: 331px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe src="http://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.145.0_en.html#goog_334208964" width="536" height="331" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; opacity: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"></iframe></span></div><div id="ima-controls-div" style="box-sizing: border-box; bottom: 0px; height: 37px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(7, 20, 30, 0.701961) 0%, rgba(7, 20, 30, 0) 100%); width: 536px;"><div id="ima-countdown-div" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 10px; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Advertisement</span></div><div id="ima-seek-bar-div" style="box-sizing: border-box; top: 12px; height: 3px; position: absolute; width: 536px;"><div id="ima-progress-div" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px; height: 3px;"></div></div><div id="ima-play-pause-div" class="ima-playing" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 35px; height: 20px; top: 11px; left: 0px; position: absolute; line-height: 2; text-align: center;"></div><div id="ima-mute-div" class="ima-non-muted" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 35px; height: 20px; top: 11px; left: auto; position: absolute; line-height: 2; text-align: center; right: 35px;"></div><div id="ima-fullscreen-div" class="ima-non-fullscreen" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 35px; height: 20px; top: 11px; left: auto; position: absolute; line-height: 2; text-align: center; right: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="vjs-error-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 535.828125px; height: 331.390625px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; bottom: 1em; right: 0px; left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.</span></div></div><div class="vjs-touch-overlay" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; z-index: 5; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer;"></div></div></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jodi Schreiber said her son later pointed out that it's their dog's basket. Dougal and the family dog are not friends.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Though Dougal is a climber, Tigger also has a mischievous side. Last year, the cat hitched a ride on a UPS truck down to the neighbor's house, Ryan Schreiber said.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the treat basket failed, the family then tried to walk up the Rims below her perch and explore their other options.</span></p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region " style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Henry Street nearby, Riedl was working with his partner to fell a beetle-killed Austrian pine.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cat's meows and the sight of the Schreiber family prompted Riedl to investigate.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Riedl said he's been rescuing cats in trees for decades, and since moving back to Billings seven years ago he's been getting about 20 calls a year.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But Wednesday was the first time he was ever asked to rescue a cat from the Rims.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was fairly standard nonetheless, Riedl said. He and his partner drove a truck onto the Rimrocks above the spot and tied a 300-foot rope to two trees before he began rappelling down the rock face.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He called out softly to Dougal as he got closer to keep the cat calm, before he grabbed her and continued to the family standing below.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Holding his cat safely in his arms, Kyle admonished the cat gently. "That's enough mountain climbing for one lifetime," he said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photos</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_100816_01.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_100816_01.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_100816_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_100816_02.jpg</a></span></p></div></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>