Quote Originally Posted by HooKooDooKu View Post
Given that bear cables are provided at every back country campsite, it's rather pathetic when it comes to some of the behavior I've seen.

Sunday a week ago, I arrived at the LeConte back country shelter to see that 6 other hikers had already setup their gear and had wondered off to checkout the mountain top.
Left behind just sitting on the "table" was a bottle of HONEY!!!
Absolutely ridiculous!! Poor bears don't stand a chance against stupid people!! " oh maybe when we come back from our walk a bear will be eating the honey and we can get some pictures." Stupid people!! Back to this poor guy who died in the woods alone . He was from Illinois and only 43 years old very young , very curious about cause of death at such a young age. Rip and condolences to the family.