Anyone want to share their first encounter with a bear in the wild and share a picture? I ran into this bear at Tricorner Knob shelter in the GSMNP during summer of 2011 on a 33 miles trek.



It is the closest I ever been and it's the last time I've seen a bear. I've seen tracks and scats on recent trip, but haven't seen a hide again, yet.
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It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.-- Horace Kephart