A hiker showed her California Cool recently when she encountered a bear on the same trail she was on.
Victoria Pham said in her Instagram post,
This is a Black Bear (in California) and they are generally easily scared off. I used to work in Yosemite National Park where I’ve gone through bear training and worked in Search & Rescue, so I’m quite familiar with bear behavior and body language. I do recognize that it is a BEAR and can do serious damage. I was already on trail where I wouldn’t be able to outrun the bear going down hill or engage the bear to go back up the trail since there were hikers ahead. Know that if I was in Montana or anywhere else in the world, I most definitely would NOT be standing there letting it pass.
[Instagram @pham.victoria]
