[pct-l] JMT/Sierra Conditions? + Bear Ideas

[Scott Williams]

I'm in Alaska right now and have run into several Native American guides at
a cultural site who carry air horns to scare away the brown bears.  They say
they work.  I may buy a cheap boat horn for our hike on the Exit Glacier
tomorrow.  It's got to be more effective than bear bells.

I was eye to eye with a lynx 3 days ago, and the magnificent animal just
stood there 10 feet away staring us down and let me get some great pix.

Shroomer