[pct-l] Avoiding Bear Problems

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, all,

With spring, and the hiking season, rapidly approaching it won’t be long
before bears will be moving up-country or coming out of hibernation; as
hungry as they can be.  One of the better cures for a pesky bear is to get
proactive:  Find a frozen lake and cut a 2-foot hole in the middle.  Next,
sprinkle some peas around the edge of the hole and hide yourself a little
ways away.  Finally, when the bear comes to take a pea you sneak up and kick
him in the ice-hole.

Another good way to keep bears away from your stuff is to use peanut butter:
Just smear it on someone else’s tent -- or so I've been told....

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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