Quote Originally Posted by luv2climb View Post
I've never heard of the deaths on that gnarly section either. Not saying they didn't happen, but I posted this same ride report on other forums and nobody mentioned deaths or mountain lions.
Please pay attention to the bolded part. I didn't say you were lying.
Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
Wow, so someone else didn't mention it on some other forum. Guess my personal sighting of mt lions there doesn't count. Or the fact that I have seen people go over the edge. I guess I didn't post on the correct forum.

Seeing a full grown lion watching my 200+ hubby from a perfect hunting perch about 20' away is close enough for me. Being married to the ex-CA Fish and Game attorney who knows about all the mountain lion deaths in the state is close enough for me.

And yes, people have died on that section whether or not someone posted on another forum.

I didn't say "don't ride." I'm just recommending caution which the experts would say is don't ride alone in known mt lion territory.
Mountain lions can watch you all day long and that doesn't mean they're going to attack you.

Plenty of people ride solo. Like I said, I have no choice but to ride solo. Either I ride alone or I take another kind of risk riding on the road. No type of cycling is 100% safe.

If there was an attack on that trail, I would like to know. Otherwise I'm not going to worry about it. I'll be aware of my surroundings like I always am, but I'm not going to live in fear.

I quit watching TV because of all the depressing, fear-mongering news. I have been reading about these trails online, and so far I haven't read anything about a mountain lion attack at Salmon Falls or the Clementine Loop in Auburn.