Most of my Alaskan trips were scheduled for late August/early September to take advantage of the fact that for the most part, the annoying bugs - black flies, Mosquitos etc are long gone. I've run into snowstorms in late August in Alaska.
I've always carried bells on my pack when I've been in bear country - I've never seen bells in bear scat ! -----Original Message----- >From: ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. > >Also... maybe stop eating Bananas for a couple of weeks before you go... >although the Mosquitos shouldn't be as annoying in sept as earlier they > >are nasty little guys > > >ann > >On 6/7/2016 10:13 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two >> of us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined where >> bears have been recently spotted according to the best information the pilot >> has acquired. The information sheet includes the following list of items >> that we should not bring: >> >> • Seafood in your lunches >> • Backpacks or clothing from previous days fishing, unless thoroughly >> washed >> • Glass containers >> • Aerosol sprays >> • Bear spray or Pepper spray (unsafe on the aircraft) >> • Firearms (not allowed on the aircraft) >> >> They don’t mention after-shave. >> >> stan >> >>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? >>> >>>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 19:20, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time >>>> It's NOT seeing a wild bear that is dangerous. If you see the bear >>>> before it sees you, and you stay out of its way and awy from any cubs, >>>> they seldom bother you. If, however, you unexpectedly come into close >>>> proximity to a bear in the woods, or inadvertently approach a cub, >>>> things can get very dicey indeed. I got rather close to a number of >>>> them in Alaska, but I kept my distance and they were more interested >>>> in the salmon than me, so there was never any real danger. The sight >>>> -- or the smell -- can increase one's pulse rate a bit in any event. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
