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>be me
>moved to the Puget Sound and got into hiking again last summer
>now its fall and after like two weeks of rain its going to be sunny on a weekend
>realize this on friday afternoon, none of my hiking buddies are free on short notice
>fuck it, I'll do Bare Mountain solo
>trailhead is pretty far from civilization, an hour and a half of FS roads, I was the only one at the trail
>get on my merry way
>nearly to the summit I turn a switchback to see a black bear galloping up the mountainside, he had noticed me before I saw him
>become acutely aware of just how far I'd be from help had I surprised it and it attacked
>start making more noise, saw it again further up the trail but I was on the lookout at that point
That was my first time seeing a bear, it scared the shit out of me in the moment but it was pretty neat in retrospect.
