[Philmont]: Mountain Lions

FWIW, two articles of Note in the Field and Stream archives:

The Face of Danger:

http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/outdoorskills/article/0,,553667,00.html

Cougars Coast to Coast:

http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/hunting/article/0,,657230,00.html

Henry Buruel wrote:
> Thanks for the report Dr Bob! I just wanted to comment on a couple of
> your notes. Mountain Lions: I completely agree that there ought to be
> more training/awareness of this potential threat. Plenty of information
> on this is available--for example a Field and Stream article in the last
> few months warns of this becoming a much larger issue. (I don't know
> when the article was published--my husband read it at the car dealership!)
> Also, cell phones, camcorders, cameras, etc cannot be recharged in the
> backcountry. The camps use solar power to provide electricity. Not
> only is there rarely enough power to extend beyond the fridge and radio,
> there are no plugs as we know them. The staff doesn't even have the
> ability to recharge anything--batteries run CD players!
> Hope all is well and say hello to God's country for those of us not
> there this summer,
> -Nancy Coleman Stickelman
> Backcountry '97-'03
>
>

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Received on Thu Jul 28 18:15:15 2005