this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
486 points (96.9% liked)
Georgia Camp and Hike
143 readers
1 users here now
Just creating a Lemmy substitute for the GeorgiaCampAndHike subreddit. This is for camping and hiking in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Rules
- Please be nice. No bigotry, racism, sexism, etc.
- Keep posts related to Georgia and it's immediate surrounding states.
- Will add more rules as necessary.
Moderation
Totally up for allowing others to moderate this as it grows. I just created this community to have a place to go. -/u/jecht360
Related Communities
Useful Links
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
So, in Utah at least, it's highly recommend you bring bells or a speaker or talk loudly with other people so that the wildlife stays away from you, especially bears.
I just go with people and talk to them, but if you're alone you need something to make sure the animals avoid you.
I've hiked for decades, often solo, in wilder country with way more bears and cougars than exist in the the lower 48. This is utter BS. The animals know you're there even if you tried to sneak up on them as quiet as you can manage.
Fucking people that need to make as much noise as possible should just stay in the damn city.
We only have black bears in Georgia and they will usually keep far away from people even with minimal noise. The only time I've had one get close is when it was looking for food in our camp because someone spilled food earlier.
Wow that's a load of bs, and any official member of the forest service will tell you not to noise pollute. Please do not bring bells or speakers. If you are alone, that is at your own risk.
Well I'm not an official member, and I've never played music nor have I brought bells so I was going off what I had been told one time or read somewhere.
Here's NPS.gov's official take on it:
And here's Park City, Utah's guidance:
Though NPS also says this but I think it's in reference to when you're camping, not specially hiking (it's from their leave no trace section):
This is what I could find in 30 seconds and won't spend any more time on it. I don't care enough as I don't play music or wear bells when hiking, even when alone. I just relayed something I had heard and there are plenty of people out there who had heard the same things so that's what I got.
Understandable when it comes to bells for wildlife. But I know for sure items like speakers really are frowned upon. Though I've never had any encounters with loud music during the hikes I've been on at Zion so that's good