Bears
Just a couple of months ago we had a "once in a lifetime" experience in Glacier NP. In 40+ years of hiking in Grizzly country we never saw any bear while actually hiking. But this time, while on the h...
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I volunteer as a Campground Host at an NFS recreation area in the Blue Ridge. No grizzlies here, either, but we do have bears, and even small ones can mess you up pretty badly if you get too close. Last summer a hiker on the Appalachian Trail nearby got mauled. She rounded a corner and bumped into a bear. She was saved by her son, hiking a very short distance behind her.
