[pct-l] Stimulating Discussion

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

Why backpacking in the High Sierra during bear mating season. I kept  
noticing claw marks on the trees I came upon one it must have been 15 feet high  and 
two feet wide. I dropped my backpack to get a picture of the big bear's claw  
marks. I put my pack back and shortly my nostrils picked up a  real strong 
urine smell. I then again remove my pack and the bottom was socking  wet from 
this big stinking bear urine. Realizing I'm stuck here with this  terrible smell 
from dropping my pack down at the clawed tree I kept going. 
 
After a while I got that terrible feeling something is following me. I kept  
turning around and Lord behold there was a big female bear who picked up the  
sense of the big male bear urine on my pack. I realized the potential problems 
 that may come forth. In no way in hell was this bear cute and diffidently 
not my  type. I once read that a bear has problems running down hill and I came 
to  a trail junction leading to a parking lot about three miles down. I made 
my turn  and started to pick up speed, I also remember the saying don't look 
back it may  be gaining. 
 
I'm pretty dam big and I often wonder was it possible this is how big foot  
came about.
 
Lonetrail