[pct-l] First required place for bear canister

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Couple of addenda to Shroomer's post.  First, the location of the bear incident with LE and PS was Spanish Fingers Creek, not Joshua Tree Spring.  I was at JTS the same night they were at Spanish Fingers (I was a few miles behind them). 



Second, the stitching was with fly line I had in my bounce box, along with several upholstery needles.  Strong and light and doesn't disintegrate like cotton or polyster yarn would. 



Mango 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Williams" <baidarker at gmail.com> 
To: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net> 
Cc: enyapjr at comcast.net, pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 12:10:58 AM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] First required place for bear canister 

Plain Slice and Little Engine have bear claw holes in the mosquito netting of their tent courtesy of a juvenile delinquent bear, because they attempted to camp at Joshua Tree Spring.  Coolest tent decorations on anybodies tent I saw all summer as you can really see the spread of the bears claws.  It was always quite a tourist destination for newcomers to our camps who marveled at the holes they had stitched up with yarn.   


Yogi warns against camping here, and although you'll need the water by that point, and it's a really nice looking camp, the fresh bear scat all around was enough to make it clear that it is Mr. Bruin's territory, and not ours.  


Shroomer  


On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Jim & Jane Moody < moodyjj at comcast.net > wrote: 




It's not required, but I suggest you consider picking it up at Walker Pass.  One or more bears hang around Joshua Tree Spring and Spanish Fingers creek, looking for a free lunch.