[pct-l] PCT 2011! Bears in the Cascades

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Scott,

I’ve lived in, hiked, and camped in the Oregon and Washington Cascades most
of the last 50 years and although I’ve seen hundreds of bears I’ve never had
a problem by keeping a reasonably tidy camp and sleeping with the food in
stuff-sacks.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>wrote:

> Bears are actively hunted in both the OR and WA Cascades.
>
> Will they try to steal food if you get careless? Certainly, but they are
> nothing like the Sierra bears. Our wildlife managers are realists; they
> know
> you CAN and must control the bears and are not afraid to do so.
>
>
>
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