Fwd: Re: [pct-l] Bear Attack.... or Food for thought

[PFREIMAN at UCSD.Edu (PFREIMAN@UCSD.Edu)]

I just talked to Fish and Game (Mr Hall 661-270-9219, if anyone needs the 
number), and he said last year a little bear was stocking the hikers and would 
knock them down and grab the backpack.  There is someone up at Little Jimmy now 
checking out the bears for ab-bear-ant behavior.
The problem comes from the closing of Crystal Lake, on the other side of Windy 
Gap.  Mr Hall said they had very messy concessionaires there, and now that it 
is closed some "polluted bears" still have bad behaviors.
Capt Bivy
PS I'm glad I didn't have my dog along.



Forwarded Message:
> To: Paul Freiman/Vicki Cavataio <pfreiman@popmail.ucsd.edu>
> From: <judsonb@internetcds.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Attack.... or Food for thought
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:17:24 -0700
> -----
> I'm glad he just wanted the food!
> 
> Quoting Paul Freiman/Vicki Cavataio 
> <pfreiman@popmail.ucsd.edu>:
> 
> > I'll tell about my bear attack now, then post
> > another for my section
> > C and D trip and water report...............
> > 
> > I got to Little Jimmy in the San Gabriels about
> > 5:30.  I usually hike
> > 'till 8, but it was getting cold and the if I
> > was going to climb any
> > further I was going to be camping at 8500 feet. 
> > Besides, there were
> > several people already there.  I have a bad
> > memory for names, so
> > earlier on the hike I was writing the names down
> > as I passed, but I
> > had lost my pen, so I wasn't doing that anymore,
> > but two of the
> > co-campers with me were Ertman and Bobby
> > Compton.
> > 
> > Anyway, when the first hiker got to Little Jimmy
> > there was a big ol'
> > bear in camp.  Now, I'm not sure how he knew,
> > but he said there was a
> > scout troop there the day before and they were
> > quite hassled by the
> > bear.  The others hung their food, but I didn't
> > have a rope, or any
> > experience in the Sierras (I'm from San Diego
> > and do most of my
> > hiking in the desert) with bears.  I kept the
> > food in my pack and use
> > my 30 year old Kelty Tioga as a head rest.  The
> > hip belt pad is just
> > the right height off the ground for a head rest.
> >  I was sleeping
> > restlessly, but quite, when the bear pulled the
> > pack from under my
> > head, dropping my head to the ground.  BEAR IN
> > CAMP........BEAR IN
> > CAMP, I yelled.  Only Ertman stirred.  I
> > borrowed his photon (my
> > light was in the pack) and walked up where I
> > thought the munching
> > sound were coming from.  Two reflector eyes
> > caught the beam of the
> > light.  GGGRRRRRRRRR..........GGGRRRRRRRRR, I
> > SCREAMED.  The bear
> > returned my yells and took the pack further
> > uphill.  Ok, that was
> > dumb.  Instead of warding the bear off the pack,
> > he dragged it
> > further away.  Time to go to sleep and wait
> > 'till morning.  It was 2
> > am.
> > 
> > They had problems with a bear at Little Jimmy
> > last year.  All the
> > locals I talked with said, "I heard they solved
> > the problem last
> > year, they shot the bear."  So, I guess were
> > have a new bear.  I also
> > heard that they use to have a bear
> > box........until the bear
> > destroyed it.
> > 
> > We wrote notes on the camp bulletin board, and
> > since I was going
> > southbound I told everyone.  I talked to Billy
> > Goat about it and he
> > said he does the same thing as me......just
> > keeps his food next to
> > him.  I'm going to rethink that option.
> > 
> > Captain Bivy
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