Over the weekend I went climbing with Brett and Christine at Lolo Pass. Just off the highway there are huge granite crags looming large in the pine forest. It was great climbing, but I am rusty and it was chilly. Last Friday I saw my third mountain lion ever!!!!! I rode up the Rattlesnake about 10 miles after work and on my way back down saw a big 90 - 100 pound kitty in the trail looking at me, then it ran up the hill. Wow!!! That was the best look I ever got. On Thursday I saw my first montana bear. It was a young black bear, nice and chubby, running up the road as my colleague and I were driving up to Hoodoo Pass.