[pct-l] Cathedral Lake bears

[ROYROBIN at aol.com (ROYROBIN@aol.com)]

Hi Listers!  I just re-enabled my PCT list mail after a lengthy rest, to see 
what's happening and get focussed on the 2004 ADZ!  Stopped the email last 
summer to hike the JMT with a friend that I met on the AT in '02, and never 
turned it back on.  Now I get at least 90 percent spam, so need to get back on the 
list to dilute the garbage with some good stuff.  

We had a great JMT hike in late July, carried bear canisters and saw no bears 
at all.  Then again, we didn't camp at Tuolumne Meadows or near Kearsarge 
Pass.  

At risk of re-opening a thread that has apparently run pretty long already, I 
feel the bear canisters are worth their weight in these areas where we've 
trained the bears to look to us as a food source.  I sleep better knowing my food 
will still be there in the morning and won't further the Yogis' education, 
and it might actually "Save a Bear."  I do agree, the in-charge folks could 
still do a lot more to instill some fear into the bear population for their own 
good.

TrailDad  (PCT '99, JMT '01, AT '02, JMT '03)        
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In a message dated 1/3/04 8:11:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, kdpo@pacbell.net 
writes:

> That convinced me of the benefits of bear canisters.
> Now if they were just light enough to carry on a thru-hike.