I would love to see those pictures! Christ some days I can't climb a 10! Gregor On 20-Jun-06, at 3:11 PM, Matthew wrote: > i gotta chime in here... > i lived at the center of the universe (95389) for a > few summers. I saw my share of bears and their > tendency for vehicles. > > first place, bears can rock climb very well. They have > the first pitch (~150') of The Regular Route on Half > Dome nailed. I have pictures to prove it too. (that > pitch is a solid .10+ at least). > > Second, bears go for certain vehicles. So one night it > may JUST be dodge caravans, and the next night just > honda accords. In the mid 90s, bears tuna'canning cars > was VERY common. BUT in all of this, I NEVER EVER EVER > saw or heard of a vw bus being tuna'canned. Ever. > > I think this was due not just to good karma of vw bus > owners everywhere, but to the door and frame design. > The Caravan-like cars have the door overlap the body, > so a bear can use their can-opener like nails to just > rip that door piece down. BUT the vanagon and type-2 > doors fit into a door jamb, inhibiting any easy entry. > > > they did go through windows too, but was less common. > > ok, back to work. > cheers > matthew > > > > "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com |
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