Re: [pct-l] Yogi & Booboo

["Richard P. Reynolds" <rpreynolds@home.com>]

An article from the Fresno Bee sheds some light on the subject:

Yosemite Bear Damage At Record Pace

During One August Week, Bears Broke Into 59 Vehicles.

by Mark Grossi
The Fresno Bee - August 29, 1998

...Last year, officials recorded 1,081 incidents and more
than $560,000 damage, mostly to cars pried open by
powerful black bears. This year, 1,026 incidents have
been noted with damages of $468,690, according to a
Yosemite flier titled "The Bear Facts: Don't let your car
become this week's statistic." 

During the third week in August, bears broke into 59
vehicles. And September and October are usually worse.


Tom Sweetnam wrote:
> 
> ...and speaking of rangers
> 
> Did anyone else see the Yosemite ranger interviewed on The Outdoor Channel
> yesterday, who said that bears are doing $500,000,000 (that's right!! half a
> billion dollars !!)  in damage to cars in the park every year? Wow!
> 
> And in other news, I just spent a week hiking the Lost Coast Trail (blister
> beach) and the upper King's Range, and I'm here to tell you, that that West
> Point study hyped on CNN which said that people who put deodorant on their feet
> will get far fewer blisters...is all wet (it didn't do much for their smell
> either). Anyway, I'm convinced, after 25 years of backpacking, that there is NO
> 100% preventative measure for blisters. They're as inevitable as flying
> hatchback doors in Yosemite National Park.
> 
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