[pct-l] bears & food

[mardav at charter.net (Marion Davison)]

Absolutely.  I camped at Lower Cathedral Lake in 1994 and hung my food (a
supply for nine people for six days).  A bear got all the food down in moments
by chewing the four-inch thick limb off the tree.  That was the last time I
ever hung food in a tree.
If you hang your food on the JMT and a bear doesn't get it, it only means
there were not enough bears available to service that particular tree that
night.
Marion

dude wrote:

> If you want guarantees, then camp at cathedral lakes just south of
> Tuolumne Meadows.  This area is known as "Bear Alley".  If you want
> real guarantees, then camp in this area AND cook in your camp.
>
> peace,
> dude
>
> > to increase your chances of bear sightings, camp at 1,000 island
> > lake !
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carl (1977 Kelty Kid)" <csiechert@hotmail.com>
> > To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:31 PM
> > Subject: RE: [pct-l] bears & food
> >
> >
> >>> the right circumstances.  I've done some hiking in bear country
> >>> and have never seen one.  How likely is it that one would
> >>> encounter a bear on the PCT, any real statistics?
> >>
> >> No statistics, but here's some old anecdotal data: On our 1977
> >> thru hike,
> > we
> >> saw bears at Tuolumne Meadows, Marble Mountains, and Old Baldy
> >> (southern Oregon)--total of five visual sightings. In addition,
> >> we saw irrefutable evidence of recent bear activity at Lake
> >> Arrowhead (southern California), Kings Canyon, elsewhere in
> >> Marble Mountains, and Walupt Lake trail
> > (southern
> >> Washington).
> >>
> >> More recent trips in the Sierra (but usually after thru-hiker
> >> season) confirm that they are most definitely still out there.
> >> Will you see one? Only if you're lucky.
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