[pct-l] first night out

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Vicky,

Years ago I hiked into the Absoroka grizzly country from a trailhead west of
Cody, Wyoming.  Up the trail a ways I was overtaken by a string of wranglers
with pack horses and tourists for a week of camping.  With them were three
dogs which the packers said were “bear dogs”.

Since the dogs were small – classic ankle-biters in the 15-20 lb. range – I
looked skeptical but the packer said they didn’t want big, strong, brave
dogs that would rush out and get killed/maimed attacking a bear, they wanted
small, alert, loudmouth, chicken-dogs, to wake the camp during an intrusion
but not get themselves killed in the process.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Vicky mattson <vicky.mattson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Last year my family and I were hiking in the Absorokas in Montana.  I guy
> stopped us on the trail and told us he had lost a pistol.  A couple of
> hours
> later we found it.  Big bear protection, added several pounds to my all
> ready heavy pack but bear protection.  I would up more freaked out by the
> gun than the griz.
>
> We keep a super clean camp and hike with a med size dog. Knock wood,  only
> civl bear interactions for our 20 years of wilderness travels.
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:25 AM, ron guay <ron.a.guay2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Save the guns, tasers, and pepper spray for the CDT.
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