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

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

actually, having your dog may have helped to keep the bear away.

It sure s nice of the bears to stock the hikers now that the 
concessionaires have shut down. I wonder how the bears' selection of 
goods compares.  :-)

lastly, please don't take this the wrong way because its meant all in 
good fun and I am not serious at all...  but I think that getting your 
food stolen by a bear while bivy'ing requires demotion from "Captain 
Bivy" to "Sargeant Bivy". :-)

carry on.

peace,
dude



> 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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