[pct-l] PCT bear attacks...........

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, MOM,

As I recall there was an incident several years ago where a young woman was
swiped and injured by a bear somewhere in California.  The bear had grabbed
her pack and was carrying it off when the woman approached and tried to
reclaim it.  Bears respect human possession of food, but as soon as it gets
its paws on it – literally and figuratively – the food becomes “theirs” and
they will defend “their” food.  I admire her courage but question her
judgment.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Andrea Dinsmore
<zaqueltooocool at gmail.com>wrote:

> How many PCT hikers (or other humans) have been injured or killed by bears
> in the last 30 years ?
>
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