I was belaying Tymun on the Road Face route at French's Dome in the quiet early AM morning hours on a warm Spring day. The trail from the parking lot to the crag is a short one minute walk so climbers tend to let their kids or pups run down first to the crag.
Casually I peered up the trail looking beyond the trees and a minor thicket of shrubs. I noticed a reather large black dog lopping gently down along the trail toward the Dome. Oh great....here come the morning crowds.
As the creature moved a bit closer in my direction my thoughts abruptly sharpened when I realized, "Yeow, that's no dog...it's a bear!"
At just about the same time I realized IT, the bear also realised that HE was not alone either.
Immediately the bear busted off the side of the trail heading south past me and disappeared into the forest and brush. Then, it was quiet once again at French's Dome.
--- as told by Dave S.
