Okay, I said I wouldn’t soapbox about this… This is bad for people and it’s bad for our bears who are otherwise shy and avoid humans. It breaks my heart because as we natives of WNC say, “a fed bear is a dead bear.” Bears that become comfortable with humans become (at best) a nuisance and (at worst) aggressive. I won’t get on my soapbox about how people are so out of touch with nature that they feel human interaction with bears is a good thing. Unfortunately, last week, the National Park Service closed an 8 mile portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway due to (no kidding) park visitors feeding and trying to hold bears at the Lane Pinnacle Overlook. I need to activate Mitchell soon because I’ve yet to activate it for SOTA in 2023 and when winter weather sets in (quite early at that altitude) the park is inaccessible. On Friday, November 3, 2023, I had planned to activate Mount Mitchell–the highest summit in eastern North America.
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