[pct-l] grizz sightings

[Ned Tibbits]

Thanks, Greg!  I've heard similar grizz-stalking stories that will make your 
hair stand on end--and I believe them!

As Jamie at Bearvault explained to me today, a bear in the Adirondacks has 
figured out how to open a single-tabbed screw-on bearvault lid because the 
tab (or push-in lock) is pointed to by the orientation of the rectangular 
label (and arrow) on the lid. Therefore, the BV500 comes with two locking 
tabs.

If a bear can figure out how to open a canister like this, then they are 
smart and are thinking, like the wolf I studied at UC Davis--he was thinking 
about me!

Mtnned

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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 32


> Ned,
>
> Someone more experienced with recent activity in Washington will surely 
> chime in, however, Mike Ross (1975) told me of a grizzly following him in 
> light snow.? Upon backtracking after a wrong turn, he saw the huge prints 
> in the snow and then . . . of course . . . the adrenalin kicked in!
>
> Greg "Strider" Hummel
>
>
>
> From: "Ned Tibbits" <ned at mountaineducation.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Grizzly bear sightings in Washington?
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> The following was kindly forwarded to me from a future student. She 
> received
> this info from a backpacking textbook for a class given by the Seattle
> Mountaineers:
>
> "Until recently, backcountry users in the Pacific Northwest assumed that 
> any
> bear encounters would be with black bears. A small number of confirmed 
> grizzly
> bear sightings in Washington State indicates that in some areas (North 
> Cascades,
> Central Cascades, and the Pasayten Wilderness Area) grizzlies are becoming 
> a
> concern. The changing status of the grizzly bear underlines the 
> advisability of
> speaking with a local ranger for up-to-date information."
>
> Can anyone confirm this, that the Griz has, indeed arrived in Washington?
>
> Mtnned
>
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