[pct-l] Tent as protection from wildlife

[Jeffrey Olson]

I picked up a book of short stories about cougar attacks at Timberline 
Lodge on a Section Hike in 2005.  One of the stories talked about a 
mother and three cubs that "stroked" the woman's nylon tent, but didn't 
cut it with their claws.  She cut a hole in the bottom of the tent and 
duck walked it a half mile to her convertible BMW.  She managed to get 
in the car unscathed and started to drive madly as one of the cubs 
jumped on the roof and began to claw at the convertible roof.  She juked 
and it fell off.

Believe it if you will...

Jeffrey Olson


On 5/1/2010 11:30 AM, Eric Lee wrote:
> It's funny what a psychological crutch a tent can be.  As Steel-Eye said,
> it's dumb to think that those thin nylon walls afford any kind of real
> protection at all but sometimes there's an unreasonable sense of anxiety
> without them.
>