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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 11, 2014 - 11:55pm PT
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This a.m.'s smokiness in the Ditch cleared soon after.
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MH2
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Aug 12, 2014 - 08:45am PT
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Back when the pin was still there.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Aug 12, 2014 - 08:56am PT
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mastadon--- Just bein' a dork but I hafta try. Mummy 2 ????
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Aug 12, 2014 - 06:28pm PT
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Mummy 2??
Huh?
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Aug 12, 2014 - 08:21pm PT
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I hear that people from Montana know grizzlies. But does a cloud of mace stop a charging 700 lb bear?
I've never had to use my bear spray on a bear yet, but I did use it on a charging cow moose. She slid to a stop and took off at top speed.
Neither guns nor bear spray are 100% effective in all situations. But according to the studies even if the bear attacks the severity of the attack will be reduced with bear spray.
I carry Counter Assault and I weigh the can occasionally to make sure it still has all the propellant. If I'm going somewhere with a high chance of a bear encounter I toss an extra can in my pack as a reserve. You can also buy inert cans to practice with, something I highly recommend.
Here is a shot of the 7 bears (two sows and 5 cubs) I encountered on the same mountain last year. I'm heading there tomorrow with my spotting scope so I can watch them from a safe distance.
[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/fMFHvD]Grizzly families meet on Mt Siyeh[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/65037107@N07/]jkmnomads[/url], on Flickr
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MH2
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Aug 12, 2014 - 08:42pm PT
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even if the bear attacks the severity of the attack will be reduced with bear spray
Good to know. Also the possibility of sudden stop.
The Moraine Lake access mandarins did not require us to carry any gadgetry, but to travel in groups of 4 or more. We were only 2 but after a short wait at the warning sign we were offered protection:
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Aug 12, 2014 - 09:06pm PT
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plans may go awry, but you can always go look at these things
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this just in
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north fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 12, 2014 - 09:46pm PT
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Great pic kahola.Slater pic of me climbing something.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Aug 12, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 12, 2014 - 10:06pm PT
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Aug 13, 2014 - 06:08am PT
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random homie killin it
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2014 - 09:18am PT
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thebravecowboy
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in the face of the fury of the funk
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Aug 13, 2014 - 09:20am PT
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I dig the dominoes, TJI.
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MH2
climber
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Aug 13, 2014 - 12:39pm PT
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Where they got the idea for sliced bread?
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this just in
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north fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2014 - 08:27pm PT
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Yeah those dominoes are cool. I thought about how that happened for a couple of seconds, then decided aliens probably did it. Pretty sure they came up with sliced bread too.
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MH2
climber
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Aug 13, 2014 - 09:08pm PT
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And the muffin.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 13, 2014 - 09:19pm PT
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Keeping the shrink away
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this just in
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north fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 14, 2014 - 07:41am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 14, 2014 - 07:48am PT
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Aug 14, 2014 - 08:01am PT
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I quite like this walk off, even if it is riddled with buzz wurms. My partner walked right over one, and I saw it inches from standing on it, fortunately it wasn't coiled and was hauling tail to get off the trail.
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