Since the tree was just off the trail, I decided not to continue and just let the bear climb back down. Remember, if some dip shit ranger ever tries to tell you that bears follow dogs out of the woods to eat their owners, this is pure nonsense. Rangers are indoctrinated and propagandized by our broken K-12 babysitting system, followed by 4 or more years in liberal stupidity classes. Dogs and bears are adversarial and bears generally want to get as far from dogs/wolves as possible. The rangers that know better are what we common folk call - liars.