This bear in the smokies on my AT thru had learned how to bounce food bags off of the bear cables' hooks. Luckily we all knew this and used carabiners. No amount of yelling and rock throwing would deter them, so we just had to trust the cables all night

This bear in the smokies on my AT thru had learned how to bounce food bags off of the bear cables' hooks. Luckily we all knew this and used carabiners. No amount of yelling and rock throwing would deter them, so we just had to trust the cables all night