Outdoor Sports Blog

The John Muir Trail, a dream of many hikers and backpackers is one of the best long distance hiking trails in California – if not in the whole US. 211 miles long, the trail leads from the Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney. You will experience mountains up to 14,000 feet high, a landscape sprinkled with countless lakes, canyons and breathtaking granite cliffs. However, who has the time to hike 211 miles? Kathleen Dodge wrote a book “ Day and Section Hikes: John Muir Trail ” and it is for people who do not have the time to hike the whole trail in one shot.

A mother grizzly with three cubs attacked a bow hunter who was exploring locations in the Grande Prairie area for the upcoming bow-hunting season. The man successfully defended himself with his hunting knife, stabbing the grizzly multiple times while suffering serious injuries himself. He now is recovering in the hospital. Alberta Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Darcy Whiteside said, they found the grizzly mother close to the place where the attack occurred and that she had died quickly from the inflicted knife wounds. The game wardens assume that the orphaned grizzly bear cubs are somewhere in the area. Whiteside said they now try to trap the three cubs to relocate them into a remote area.