[BULK] - RE: [BULK] - [pct-l] Thoughts on Bear Spray

[david at dalbey.org (David Dalbey)]

We met someone heading northbound up Glen pass this summer who had an
encounter with a bear the night before between Vidette meadow and
Forrester pass.  If I remember correctly he stored his food in his bear
cannister but kept some gorp next to him in his pack to snack on in case
he got hungry.  Sleeping under the stars that night he awoke to a bear
taking his pack.  He got his pack back, (but not his gorp), only after
being charged by the bear for trying to reclaim what he thought was his.

Apparently he hadn't heard that if the bear gets it, its his.

David
david@dalbey.org

:But seriously:
:As long as you're not hanging sausages outside your tent over your ice
:chest, you'd probably be fine.
:
:And as Eric mentioned, once the bear's got your food, it isn't yours
:anymore...
:
:I remember a post from this years thru-hikers that there was a
:couple of
:brave (?), or more accurately, desperate, girls who successfully
:deterred a bear off their food.
:
:I suppose if you're hungry and faced with a few days worth of hiking
:before resupply, you'll start to think strange thoughts of fighting
:bears for your food...
:
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:-----Original Message-----
:From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
:[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of shane
:wohlken
:Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:26 AM
:To: PCTA-L
:Subject: [BULK] - RE: [BULK] - [pct-l] Thoughts on Bear Spray
:
:Ha, ha.  An oldie but goodie.  Actually the
:follwoing is a true story (I know, because I did
:it!).  While in Jasper National Park up in
:Canada, I found a bear bell along a trail that
:had obviously fallen off of someone's pack (the
:string was rotted through).  I carried that bell
:with me on every trail I hiked, and sure enough,
:I eventually found a big, old splat of Grizzly
:dung.  I then carefully, and lovingly placed the
:bell in the scat--deep enough for affect, but
:still shallow enough to be easily seen, and
:continued on my way.  To this day I have been
:curious is anyone ever saw that and wondered
:(with my luck, probably not).
:
:Shane
:
:--- Mike Saenz <msaenz@mve-architects.com> wrote:
:
:> It's also possible to determine if you're
:> hiking in Grizzly Bear
:> country. Grizzly Bear droppings, upon close
:> examination, have small
:> bells in it and smell like pepper spray...
:>
:> Aww. C'mon! you KNEW SOMEONE was gonna dust
:> this one off and post!!!
:>
:> M i c h a e l   S a e n z
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