[pct-l] Site of deadly bear mauling remains closed - SFGate

[Mike Welch]

They have been reporting on this tragic incident for the last several days up here.  Surprisingly it's the first death in Denali Parks history, for over 90 years, by a grizzly which speaks well of the National Park's service's bear education program.  The guy made a fatal mistake by lingering too long in the presence of the bear, but his father reports a guy who sounds very much like many of us who communicate on this site.  A man who loves the wilderness, the remote places and the life affirming adventure it brings.  There was a gruesome description by a local writer with knowledge of the Timothy Treadwell mauling which occurred a few years back on what it would be like to be killed by a brown bear.  In one word, just complete horror.  They don't kill you right away.  The bowl you over and pin you like a wrestler would, then begin crushing bone and ripping flesh.  All my sympathies go to the hiker and his family.  He leaves a wife and small
 child back in San Diego.  Mountain Mike 


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 From: Mark Liechty <mlaccs at mlaccs.com>
To: Tortoise73 at charter.net 
Cc: Pacific Crest Trail List <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Site of deadly bear mauling remains closed - SFGate
 
On Aug 26, 2012, at 6:16 PM, Tortoise wrote:

> 
> A backpacker was mauled to death by a grizzly in Denali NP. details:
> http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Site-of-deadly-bear-mauling-remains-closed-3816598.php
> #######

Stood around taking pics for 8 minutes within 50 yards.    I feel very bad for his family who have to deal with the mess and even worse for the poor bear who was murdered because he was to stupid to listen to his training.


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