[pct-l] Food in tents

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Just looked at the pictures...I would have crap my pants if I saw bear #1.
Bear #2 look nice and fluffy...but kinda cub size so I'd be running like you did...bear#3 is my type of bear...I'd take them the whole way ;)
Thanks for sharing!!!

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On Feb 7, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Here are pictures of the bears I saw on the PCT:
> I saw this one in Yosemite north of the Tuolumne river. Actually, not  
> on the PCT. I did my own route through Yosemite taking the Grand  
> Canyon of the Tuolumne instead of the PCT. I camped (with my two  
> friends and our bear canisters) a quarter mile from this one. He was  
> eating a dead deer.
> http://tinyurl.com/aob4j7x
> 
> I saw this one in Oregon near Mt. Hood. It climbed a tree right over  
> the trail. What else could I do but take pictures as I hiked by him.  
> I ran as soon as I got far enough away, you know, in case he was a  
> cub. Then I had to stop for dinner because running made me hungry.
> http://tinyurl.com/afasqyh
> 
> There's a tiny speck in the middle that is a bear. This is near  
> Lilypad Lake near the California/Oregon border.
> http://tinyurl.com/am777g6
> 
> Other than these, I saw a few others but didn't get pictures. They  
> ran away. I saw them while hiking. I saw one near Golden Oak spring,  
> one a day or two before Belden in California, one in Section O in  
> California and two or three others near Santa Barbara (I started my  
> 2nd hike from Santa Barbara). There was the one in Tuolumne Meadows  
> campground, too. Don't have any pictures even though I took a million  
> of him.
> 
> I've seen tons of scat and prints in the Los Padres forest behind  
> Santa Barbara, probably more than anywhere else. I've seen a few of  
> the beasts there, too, and some of the damage they've done to  
> campsites with food left out in them. I saw the most scat and tracks  
> on the PCT around the Golden Oak spring area and in Northern  
> California. I saw the least sign of bear in the High Sierra, Oregon  
> and Washington. I've seen tons of mountain lion prints in the Los  
> Padres near Santa Barbara and even seen/heard the beast in the Los  
> Padres. I saw mountain lion prints in Northern California.
> 
> I can't throw a rock into a tree to save my life. Anything I would do  
> would be out-smarted by a bear. I'd rather not give them the  
> opportunity to learn any new tricks. I have never had a problem  
> sleeping with my food. I don't leave it unattended and I use bear  
> canisters if there are grizzlies. Shroomer can tell you.
> 
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