Comments on: Some people plant, some people gather. http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/02/11/some-people-plant-some-people-gather/ Long distance hiking, primitive cabin dwelling, hermit life Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: crow http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/02/11/some-people-plant-some-people-gather/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 crow Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:27:38 +0000 http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/02/11/some-people-plant-some-people-gather/#comment-1012 I thru-hiked it in 2001 and the only carnivores I saw was a mother bear and her cub. One night, though, I had to keep scaring away something big from around my tent, it crashed around a lot and it keep coming back so I think it was a bear. The very next night I was sleeping in my tent with the mosquito net door open when something big stuck it's head in my tent; I was turned on my side away from the door and when I quickly turned over it ran away and I couldn't see what it was. I hiked 500 mile of the PCT last summer and once I did think I saw cat prints on the trail, but I wasn't sure. I took out my umbrella and waved it around as I walked. The stuff I have read about them says you should try and look big and fight them off if attacked. Supposedly mountain lions fear any chance of injury so if you fight back they will retreat. I also read about a country that was having problems with cat attacks so when the people went out into the jungle, they wore a mask on the back of their heads because a cat likes to sneak up on you and attack from behind. A person could paint eyes on the back of their hats or packs so that the cougar always thinks you're looking at it. Are you going to be on the trail this year? I thru-hiked it in 2001 and the only carnivores I saw was a mother bear and her cub. One night, though, I had to keep scaring away something big from around my tent, it crashed around a lot and it keep coming back so I think it was a bear. The very next night I was sleeping in my tent with the mosquito net door open when something big stuck it’s head in my tent; I was turned on my side away from the door and when I quickly turned over it ran away and I couldn’t see what it was.

I hiked 500 mile of the PCT last summer and once I did think I saw cat prints on the trail, but I wasn’t sure. I took out my umbrella and waved it around as I walked.

The stuff I have read about them says you should try and look big and fight them off if attacked. Supposedly mountain lions fear any chance of injury so if you fight back they will retreat.

I also read about a country that was having problems with cat attacks so when the people went out into the jungle, they wore a mask on the back of their heads because a cat likes to sneak up on you and attack from behind. A person could paint eyes on the back of their hats or packs so that the cougar always thinks you’re looking at it.

Are you going to be on the trail this year?

]]> By: Fenu http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/02/11/some-people-plant-some-people-gather/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Fenu Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:25:49 +0000 http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/02/11/some-people-plant-some-people-gather/#comment-1008 Did you see much sign of Mountain Lions on your PCT hike? I have read several accounts of hikers awakening to find that their tent is surrounded by lion tracks, and in one account, o a hiker sleeping 'cowboy-style' who found his sleeping bag circled by lion footprints. I wonder if bear-spray works on lions? Did you see much sign of Mountain Lions on your PCT hike? I have read several accounts of hikers awakening to find that their tent is surrounded by lion tracks, and in one account, o a hiker sleeping ‘cowboy-style’ who found his sleeping bag circled by lion footprints. I wonder if bear-spray works on lions?

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