There's bear in them there...

There's bear in them there...

There's bear in them there hills! This photo was taken at the base of Pyramid Peak in late September, 2005.
Aeldrin
on Sep 28, 2005 6:17 pm
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Aeldrin

Aeldrin - Oct 10, 2005 10:45 am - Hasn't voted

Re: awesome!

Thanks!



It was the first time I've ever seen a bear in the wild, which was both wonderful and terrifying at the same time. Fortunately, it never got closer than ~75 feet to us and we were able to watch it for about two hours or so.

The Ogre

The Ogre - Jul 14, 2006 9:27 pm - Voted 10/10

Awesome photo

So hard to get good bear pictures, b/c usually the light is dim when you see them (at least in the East) and they are moving around. Great picture! (At first I thought this was in the 'Daks... we have a Pyramid Peak too, though obviously much smaller). Black bears are usually nothing to worry about if they don't have cubs, but then again, I wouldn't want to wrestle one;)

Aeldrin

Aeldrin - Jul 16, 2006 5:15 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Awesome photo

Glad you liked the photograph!

We were fortunate to catch it at around 2:00 in the afternoon or so and the light was perfect. I'm uncertain how or when bears on the west coast are normally active.

In retrospect, I tell myself that we were never in any real danger. While it was around, however, I couldn't take my eyes off of the bear as I wasn't sure how it would react to us. Let alone how we would react to it! :-)

The Ogre

The Ogre - Jul 16, 2006 11:45 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Awesome photo

Any estimate how big the bear was? 250lbs? Bigger? Hard to tell just by the picture, but looks like a decent sized black bear.

Aeldrin

Aeldrin - Jul 17, 2006 9:14 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Awesome photo

Unfortunately, I really have no idea. This was the first bear I've ever seen, so don't really have any good data to compare it to.

The Ogre

The Ogre - Jul 19, 2006 5:34 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Awesome photo

That's cool, I was just wondering. Glad you got to see the bear!

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