[pct-l] JMT/Sierra Conditions? + Bear Ideas

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I'm wondering if a vuvuzuela might be more fun and lighter in weight,  
not to mention way more obnoxious than an air horn?

On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

>
> I'm in Alaska right now and have run into several Native American  
> guides at
> a cultural site who carry air horns to scare away the brown bears.   
> They say
> they work.  I may buy a cheap boat horn for our hike on the Exit  
> Glacier
> tomorrow.  It's got to be more effective than bear bells.
>
> I was eye to eye with a lynx 3 days ago, and the magnificent animal  
> just
> stood there 10 feet away staring us down and let me get some great  
> pix.
>
> Shroomer