[pct-l] Bears: Risk of becoming a fatality? Statistics of interest here

[Gerry Zamora]

Funny cause the 1st question I get is are u taking a gun.
On Feb 9, 2011 7:08 AM, "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> When I was hiking somewhere in Washington a huge rock went crashing
> down the hill between me and the guy I was hiking with. It scared us
> to death. It was at least 2 tons in size. It would have killed us. It
> left a huge gouge in the hill all the way down wherever it bounced.
>
> On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:47 AM, <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> ---- Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
>> <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>>>> Bears: Risk of becoming a fatality? Statistics of interest here
>>>
>>> The whole scary bear and scary snake thing gets really old after a
>>> while. People worry about the wrong thing. Whenever people ask me
>>> "what did you use for safety" they always mean did I carry anything
>>> to protect me from bears or snakes. Or else they ask me if I was
>>> scared and they almost always mean did any bears or snakes frighten
>>> me. What they should ask was how scary was the water? Did you have
>>> any close calls with water. Water is by far the most dangerous and
>>> frightening thing on the trail. Frozen or liquid.
>>
>> Yes, and rockfall. Spontaneous rockfall is my bugaboo. We were
>> camped at Vidette Meadows and were awakened in the middle of the
>> night by the sound of a block headed our way. I laid there trying
>> to remember where we had pitched the tent relative to the slope.
>> Many times we've seem spontaneous slides, glad we weren't in the
>> vicinity.
>>
>> Oh, and pine cones. Those big cones would kill you if they hit you
>> in the head. Pine cones scare me way more than bears.
>>
>> Gary
>
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