[pct-l] Trail Report Section D east end

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

A few years ago we were camped up by Cottonwood Lakes.  Jeff and I were in our tent, and my son was in a bivvy off by himself (his choice).  We all had whistles in case we needed help.  Well, at about 2:30 a.m., he was blowing his whistle and hollering for help, screaming about a bear.  I came running out of our tent in my stocking feet to chase off the bear, only to find a wide open, empty meadow, and my terrified son still zipped in his bivvy.  
When I told him there was no bear in sight, he asked me, "What's that noise, then?"   Getting still and listening, we could hear distinct and determined scratching  on the bottom of his bivvy.  It was MARMOTS, apparently annoyed that his tent was over their den.  So, in the wee hours under a billion stars, we had to move his tent to a new spot.

I was very glad it wasn't a bear (what would I have done, I wonder)?  We had a good laugh over the great marmot attack at Cottonwood Lakes. 

-=Donna Saufley=-

-----Original Message-----
From: Judson Brown <judson@jeffnet.org>
Sent: Oct 26, 2004 7:21 PM
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Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Trail Report Section D east end

I will admit to being scared by bovines one more than one occasion. At
night, all you know is that something very large is out there...



<<Which leads to another story about a solo hiker who heard rustling outside
of her tent at night, and became panic stricken. Approaching noon the next
day, a hiker found her inside her tent, still too afraid to come out.  What
scared her so by making noise in the night?  Cows.

-=Donna=->>



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