Okay. Just on airplanes. It is also not legal to carry propane or butane type stoves on planes. If you are driving across the border, they let them in (or out), no problem. Only camping related item I've heard problems with when driving is the bear spray stuff (pepper spray), which is like mace and illegal in Canada if used on humans. Much of the bear spray is actually made in Canada so I don't know what their problem is.... ---------------- I think the guy had already flown into Vancouver when the incident occurred. However, since nobody is really confirming some kind of ban, I'll assume they're ok on the ground. On another note, what are normal measures for protecting oneself from bears in the 'north country'. Obiously, avoidence is #1, hang your food high on a skinny branch, don't take food or your cooking clothes into the tent. Those are standard rules for black bear country and are usually sufficient. My belief is polar bears will stalk and eat you and that grizzly and Kodiak bears will normally try to avoid you (unless they're hungry?). In Kabloona, Victoria talked about bear spray, an air horn, a shotgun and a flare gun with normal flares and noisemakers. I hadn't heard of the noise makers before. She also talked about setting up a sort of perimeter defense with some kind of noise makers hanging from lines that would rattle if a bear banged into them at night. a) I don't know if I'd hear something like that, and b) don't know if I'd have time to focus and react. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 15 1998 - 09:13:29 PST
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