[pct-l] Bear canisters and so on...

Tue Sep 30 12:58:04 CDT 2014

Whoops sorry I got the length wrong 
Marmot

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> On Sep 30, 2014, at 10:53 AM, "Herb Stroh" <HStroh at sjmslaw.com> wrote:
> 
> The Urban thru-hike is known as "the Inman 300". It is 300 stairways around LA linked by a 180 mile route. Here is a link to Liz Thomas' article on her journey. http://www.eathomas.com/category/inman-300/ She had a great interview on The Trail Show a couple months back. 
> 
> Actually, the stairways are pretty cool--built in a time when people actually walked and stairs were designed to be functional, linking streets and neighborhoods, and aesthetically pleasing. The irony of doing an urban hike in the most car-concentric city in LA is so delicious I am considering it. Go stove-less and still have hot food? No bear can? No shelter? Travel light but have beer every night? 
> 
> Just don't plan on too much night hiking--some of those stairways exist in places you should definitely not be in after dark!
> 
> Herb
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marmot marmot [mailto:marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:35 AM
> To: Scott Williams
> Cc: Herb Stroh; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear canisters and so on...
> 
> I completely agree. Hate the things. But, of course ,carry one!!!  I do. Fed Bear=Dead Bear. 
> Well, some of you missed the Gathering where we all learned we could do a 300 mile urban trail--Iman Trail.  the Chinook trail(where you won't run into a soul)and the Copper canyon (dodging the dope dealers was only a very small part of it--the photos were beautiful).We got to see the new film on the Camino.  34 amazing hikers received their Triple Crowns this year. Meadow Ed was presented with Martin Papendick award for Trail Angel of the Year.  Mostly for me it was getting to see and talk to so many of my hiker friends.
> Next year it will be in Oregon. Stay in touch on the website.Please send in pictures and articles for the Gazette.
> Marmot
> 
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>> On Sep 29, 2014, at 5:20 PM, "Scott Williams" <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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