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Re: What about Bears?
On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, Rich Milewski wrote:
> I am planning a thru hike in April, there has been some chater about snakes
> and bears, it just accured to me, what is the protocol for dealing with a
> bear? Wide birth would been the first order I would imagine. How about
> banging on a pot? Anyone with some first hand or bear experience(sorry)? Rich
We encountered bears last year at the Wawayanda Shelter in NJ (which my
partner first mistook for a dog!). Four of them, and it made for a
memorable evening. Banging on pots was of little use, as was yelling --
they've been through that before, it seemed. It was fun until it got
dark, when the thought of being trapped asleep in a three-walled building
suddenly seemed real. (Stories in the register didn't help any,
either.) We put everything that might possibly have had an odor in the
bear box, and, with flashlight in hand, tried to get some sleep. I only got
about three hours, and it was the only time I've ever slept with my glasses
on.
A great time (in retrospect).
David
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