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<DIV>Nice - except for the 5 days you may have aged in a few seconds. I'll be
heading S from E Glacier Pk on the 26th. What do trail conditions in that area
look like? The trail S of Morias Pass is generally in the 5-7,000 elevation as I
recall.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob
"Trekker"<BR>Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...<BR>Naturalized Citizen - Republic
of Texas<BR><BR>"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says,
'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne<BR><BR>"If you
think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its
free." -- P J O'Rourke<BR><BR>
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<DIV>In a message dated 6/11/2010 7:26:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
stumpknocker@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><B>Mrs Gorp and I hitched
up to Morias Pass this morning to do a 14.8 mile walk back to East Glacier
since our permit to start south from Chief Mountain isn't until
Sunday.<BR><BR>We were only a little over a mile and got to watch a large
moose feeding in Three Bear Pond.<BR><BR>It was at the four mile mark that I
had my first two experiences with grizzlies on this trip. It took only four
miles!! :-)<BR><BR>Mrs Gorp was walking behind me and had just stopped
to take a picture of a glacier lily. We had been talking, so I didn't
expect to see anything. I had only walked about 30 to 40 feet and was
watching my footing to get through a wet area when I heard the bear huffing at
me. I looked up to see a sow grizzly and a year old cub. The cub
was running away and the sow was charging me. When the cub ran past the
sow, she stopped charging. She was about 20 yards from me at that
point.<BR><BR>Like I said....that didn't take long!!<BR> <BR clear=all></B></FONT></FONT><BR>-- <BR>-- <BR>_<BR>-_-_-_-_- _
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