[djf]

Yup. Yosemite, which is loaded with bears, has a sign near the front door basically saying no weapons of any sort.


Course I always have a pack with me when I wander around, so as long as you don't drink in public or make a nuisance, you're ok. I've always found rangers to be very helpful (I usually have a garbage bag with me to pick up junk left by the croutons)

[Romulus]

If I were in your boots I wouldn't count on being able to fish my piece out of hiding in time for it to do any good. Still, it's your hide -- in more ways than one.

[Rebelbase]

Back when I was young, dumb and stupid, freinds and I were camping on the backside of Half-Dome when a mother with 2 cubs climbed the tree our food was hanging from. We threw a pile of brush on the fire and got it roaring and then threw logs from the woodpile at her. She ran back down the tree to her cubs, raised up on her rear legs, let out a growl and then wandered with the cubs into the brush.

It took a 1/2 hour before anyone of us had the guts to move the food bag.