Everyone's yakking about protecting yourself.

Let me be honest.. I don't care a lot about you protecting yourself.. I don't mean it in a nasty way, I think you should be free to take whatever chances you want with your own keester.

I *do* care about the bear. and if the bear gets into it with you the bear's toast. simple. they'll shoot it.

I care very much as well about *me* and other hikers that might want to continue the sport and visit your area. and nothing disgusts me more than a gorgeous area like Yosemite in california that has been made very inconvinent for hikers due to the careless actions of people who have made it where conventional bear precautions don't work at all anymore. Your actions can wreck the sport for others.

Hang your food properly, unless you're just a selfish jerk, which I'm hoping you aren't.