[pct-l] mailing fuel and bear spray

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

---- Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote: 
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:22 AM,  <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> > If you see a bear in California it will:
> > 1) Ignore you
> >
> > Or more likely:
> > 2) Run away as fast as it can
> 
> Unless you are in a National Park, then it will:
> 
> 1)ignore you as it searches your camping area for food. It will
> continue to ignore you no matter how much you scream, how many rocks
> you throw at it, or how many pots you bang.

Last time I was in Yosemite, that bear ran pretty fast to get away from me!

When a national park bear sees your bear canister, they lose interest quickly.

Never get between Mom and her cubs, though.

Gary