I only saw a chad black bear climbing a tree once
Saw a black bear and its cubs in Yosemite once. Cute as fuck.
I used to do hella backpacking. I’ve been face to face (3-4ft) with a juvenile black bear who was sniffing my camp partner’s barf in the tent rain-fly bodega thing. Actually, I saw like five bears that trip, they look like big fat black labs. Haven’t encountered a grizzly, even when in MT/WY/ID
shit thats fucking intense man, ive never been hiking out west but I suppose there are more bears out there
Black bears are easily more afraid of humans than we should be of them. The only issue you’ll run into is if you fuck with them or get near a mother’s cubs. They’ll steal your food, sure, but if you just leave them be and don’t make them feel trapped they’re not really violent.
We did a trip in yellowstone and our rope to tie food up shredded on the first day so we had to leave our gear just out in the open (no bear canisters). Luckily we didn’t meet any bears that time but I slept poorly knowing I may wake to a grizzly
at a zoo chillin under a tree
No, but I have a good bear joke, it’s a classic so sorry if you’ve heard it before.
Say you’re being chased by a bear in Alaska. Obviously you want to know which kind of bear you’re being chased by. So what do you do?
Easy. Climb a tree. If it’s a brown bear, it’ll climb up the tree after you and eat you. If it’s a grizzly, it’ll just knock down the whole damn tree. Then it’ll eat you.
