[pct-l] Bears in Yosemite

[Tom Grundy]

and dump said water over your head (um, if you're still near the water
source so as to get more...) to clean up a bit, or to reward yourself for
winning the game.  Beware serious pain from fresh snowmelt or cold alpine
lakes!

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 6:52 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> Great multi-use ideas.  The washing machine idea is inspired!!!  Another is
> to carry large quantities of water.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ned at mountaineducation.org
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 9:50 PM
> To: Scott Williams ; Herb Stroh
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bears in Yosemite
>
> Bear cans.... If they keep the bears from my food, where I used to fear
> their nocturnal dismemberments of my pack, then I'm all for them! Besides,
> I
> can use the canister for a chair, to carry bulk snow for melting, and a
> washing machine!
>
> No complaints!
>
>
>
> Ned Tibbits, Director
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Williams
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:04 PM
> To: Herb Stroh
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bears in Yosemite
>
> Good article.  The new practices, including our use of bear cans while
> backpacking, has brought about a huge change in my experience of the High
> Sierra from when I was a kid in the '60s and dealing with problem bears was
> a daily concern.  I hate carrying the darn things, but for the sake of the
> bears and my overall enjoyment of hiking through those glorious mountains,
> I'll do it.  It's a regulation I thoroughly support.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shroomer
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Herb Stroh <HStroh at sjmslaw.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting article in the Seattle Times entitled "Yosemite Solving Bear
> > Problem by Educating Animals-and Humans"
> >
> http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2024637632_yosemitebearsxml.html
> > Highlights:
> >
> > *        Reports of bears damaging property or injuring people is down
> 92%
> > since 1988;
> >
> > *        Reports of bears destroyed due to bear/human contact has fallen
> > from 10 per year to 1 or two;
> >
> > *        There has never been a report of a black bear killing a person
> in
> > Yosemite or all of California;
> >
> > *        From 1923 to 1971 rangers intentionally left food out for bears
> > so tourists could take pictures. (I remember when the park service
> > maintained bleachers by the dump for everyone to sit and watch the bears
> > eat trash!)
> >
> > *        4,000 bear lockers have been installed in Yosemite, half of
> which
> > was funded by the Yosemite Conservancy;
> >
> > *        A study analyzing bear fur and bones found a 63 percent drop in
> > the proportion of human food bears consume now as compared with the 70s
> > and
> > 80s;
> >
> > *        Bears are becoming 'wild' again, as those use to human food die
> > off and the younger ones find it more difficult to obtain human food.
> >
> > Herb
> >
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