[at-l] Bear cables dont work!

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 11:16 PM 4/24/02 -0400, The Weathercarrot wrote:
>The majority of the AT has minimal bear issues for hikers, and most people 
>end up hanging their food in the shelters or sleep with food in their 
>tents (whether people agree or disagree with those practices, that's what 
>most long distance AT hikers are doing). The trouble spots for bears are 
>in portions of GA between Springer Mtn and Dicks Creek Gap, the Smokies 
>between Fontana and Davenport Gap (though less common on the Davenport 
>side because hunters will linger along the road on the park boundary and 
>shoot the bears that wander out of the park there), Rockfish Gap to Tom 
>Floyd Shelter (all of Shenandoah Park), portions of eastern PA (more 
>likely to be issues as you get closer to DWG), all of NJ, isolated 
>portions of NY west of the Hudson, and isolated portions of the Whites in 
>NH. On virtually every mile of the AT it is possible to see a bear, but 
>for the most part, only the above areas have seen persistent problems of 
>then going after hiker food. I'd be interested in hearing about any 
>additional trouble spots that i neglected to mention.

It would be handy if such information was a part of the Data Book.  Is it 
in the Companion?

sAunTerer