PCT Day 81: Mammoth to Sonora Pass / KMN, Day 6 of 9
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- In 2023, in spite of record shattering snowfall in the Sierra mountains of California, I am undertaking a thru-hike attempt of the Pacific Crest Trail in an effort to complete my Triple Crown! Follow along as I see just how far the trail will let me go!
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Bear looked as big as a refrigerator! Super, super video! THANKS!!!
He was a BIG BOY for sure!!
Picture perfect "hey bear"! Very correct observation about the deer in camp. They don't stick around when bears share the space. Nothing beats good natural bridges that facilitate creek crossings. Even got dryed out from sleeping in the mud last night. Nice day. Thanks and best...pops
Poor bear, scared away by ruthless humans! - he was such a well-behaved guy.
The curious deer may want to get some salt from you. I have seen one licking the spot where I had peed in the night. They also use to chew the loops of trekking poles, for the same reason.
Yeah I've heard of such things-- crazy critters just trying to get by, I suppose!!
Beautiful images from early in the morning, a bit spooky. Water and snow, it just doesn't stop pfffff.
Mule deer. Great day!
Little slug antennas!
Epic Epic views. Really enjoyed the music in this one.
Thanks, MLM!
That section is known as the Washboard.
Rancheria Creek is gnarly even in a dry year. BTW Matterhorn Creek has it’s headwaters at Matterhorn Peak which is worthy and originally summited by the legendary Norman Clyde.
Nice, thanks for this background, I love it when folks weigh in with new info!
Love the scenery!
Great work with the bear! I've yet to run into one here in SoCal, but I have run into a few mountain lions. They don't respond too well to "hey bear". ;p
Man mtn lion is way scarier than a bear, I reckon!
Beautiful
BEAR! catching up on a bunch of videos after a week+ in the desert, i wont comment on all because it would be too many but hooray you get a good bear sighting. comedy though/ that's a black bear and it's really far away.... the "hey bear" thing is more for grizzlies like on the CDT that might not hear you coming into their territory.. that one was already busy hahaha.... CA bears are good about running away from people as long as you don't leave food lying around hahaha.... awesome set of videos, so many great views thanks for taking us along// back to getting caught up...
Yeah we didn't want to startle him and he wasn't at all aware of our presence so we decided, once we had our fill of pictures, etc, to give him a holler and let him know we were there
Awesome video as always, definitely some of the prettiest scenery so far.
Thanks!
Beautiful - just exquisite landscape. Hey bear, good bear, bye bear! - I love it! An amazing day!
Gotta love seeing bear act like bear
Amazing as always, thank you for the effort of recording and sharing!
The mountains are changing!! Hey bear good bear - the only way to see a bear is from a distance then the rump side making tracks away.
Yep!! Love to see 'em, love to watch 'em go!!
Another stunning video ! Thanks for sharing
Man oh man those were some majestic views. Cool day.
Thanks!!
Good day and yes the views were outstanding. think tomorrow’s video will be the Stubbelfield water crossing, that will be very interesting to see? looking forward to your last few miles before Sonora pass. Thanks for sharing!
Stubblefield was NUTS
as you enter the Sonora area you will notice different kinds of rocks show up, it is the remnants of prehistoric volcano's. they are known roof pendants, you will run into them up until desolation wilderness on dicks pass' loving these vids keep um coming.
Thanks, Marc!! Definitely Desolation was unique and amazing, particularly the southern half!
Always watching, all the best to you guys and da bear, take care, Crackerjack.
Thanks!
The nature is so beautiful in your videos…….
Thanks!! I'm glad that I'm able to capture some of it for you!!
Man, just beautiful!! Someone on here mentioned that this was a grizzly bear that you saw, but wasn’t that a brown/cinnamon bear, not a grizzly bear?
Yes A black bear. No grizzly bears in California - google
Definitely this was a Black Bear, brown in color. The two species have very different shaped heads (and as daddymay suggests, very different territories)
I was just telling a friend, “I need to ask Beat if he’s seen any Grizzlies on the PCT yet.” Well there’s my answer.
No grizzly bears in California - google. It was a black bear.
@@daddymay Grizzly bears are brown bears. Only black bears in California.
This was a black bear, brown in color. There are 2 types of bear in the US-- Black Bear and Brown Bear (also known as Grizzlies). These are terrible names however because both species are regularly seen in both colors. They are distinguishable rather easily by the shapes of their heads, shoulders, and prints. Further, Grizzlies live only in specific regions of the US, regions which no longer include California, which has long since killed all their Grizz and instead use their image to decorate their flag.
I'm ignorant, but how in the world do you follow the trail when you can't even see it? I'm assuming you use a map?
Solid question!! I did consult digital maps on my phone-- used mostly GaiaGPS for this-- then mostly it was route-finding and dead reckoning. We started so early that I frequently navigated off of the stars, but I would also read ridgelines and use them as reference points for navigation. Once the sun came up, it could be helpful to use the angle of shadows for directional guidance (ie: check my map to figure out which heading to assume, then establish the direction in which shadows fall at that heading, then not check my maps again until the angles change significantly). It was challenging, but just as frequently as fun as it was frustrating.
umm.. Not many Bear are fluent in English and Bear do not call themselves Bear. The bear ran away from the crazy things yelling random things. Wondering what is happening to this once peaceful neighborhood.🐻
He seemed to understand my meaning just fine!