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[pct-l] About them Bears



>> Out of common practice though, I normally hang my food at least
>> 5 feet from the trunk, and at least 15 feet in the air.  If the cubs can
>> figure out how to get my treats still, they earned it.
>
>Plan on not eating if you do this in Yosemite.  The rangers have photos of
cubs
>climbing trees and riding counterbalanced food down like an elevator.  They
>have other photos of bears collaborating to bulldoze a bear pole in order
to
>get the food on top.  The ranger said they were successful, but didn't have
any
>pictures of their success.


How common is this?  Does this happen all the time?  Do any thru-hikers out
there have any reports of this happening to them?  This has to be rare,
other wise we would be hearing about it "as matter of fact", as opposed to
having rangers in popular bear area filming this.  Yes/no?

-= s =-

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