[pct-l] Mountain Lions , Friend or Foe

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

I guess I'm getting old.

I remember some of my adventures such as

- camped at Lake Vernon (Yosemite NP) and hiking around and twice almost 
stepped on a rattler.

- or getting caught in a deluge at Tully Hole (JMT south of Devil's 
Postpile) and laid over one day then bailing out and when we were almost 
out the rain finally stopped. First eve there my partner had prolonged 
shivering (first stage of hypothermia) and I went back out in the rain, 
made a pup tent out of my ground cloth (plastic) and a piece of line and 
heated water for hot food and drink over my trusty Svea 123 stove. It 
may be heavy but pouring a little white gas around the burner and 
touching one match and I had salvation.

Then there was another trip when I was tooling down the JMT and met a 
nude woman coming back the other way. Turns out she was part of a group 
camped off a ways from the trail. Had a pleasant visit with the group.

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Tortoise

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Monte Dodge wrote:
> Deems lost his hiking partner , " Pika" his dog right off his back
> door to ML outside of Happy Camp. ( Later told 5 ML's were working in
> the area by game department)  One thing they do serve is a dose of
> the " Unknown" to the trail. ( Like Rattlesnakes, Bears, etc.) They
> keep the masses at Walmart there they belong and not on the trail..
> The hiking stories where everything goes great are soon forgotten
> ,but the day you see a Mountain Lion lives as long as you do. ( Or
> the time you ALMOST stepped on that snake, or did step on that snake
> ) Bad days, close calls, rare sighting are the " Gravy" to the
> Pacific Crest Trail. What was seen as one of your " Worse" day on the
> trail over time becomes your " Best " day on the trail. And to those
> who are afraid to dare, Target , Home Depot and Walmart will most
> likely be having another " Big Sale " this weekend which is a good
> thing... More trail for us!!    Pavement is for the Dead, for nothing
> grows or lives where it is laid ..... Proverbs 78:34 Hikers Bible
> Rev. Mad Monte _______________________________________________ pct-l
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