A note on whistles for those who carry whistles in bear country. Whistles especially if blown weakly because you are nervous, sound like an deer bleating....Hence can attract bears. So if you are approaching a beach use your voice...not your whistle to scare bears off. Bob >From snowy Sitka *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Oct 30 1999 - 23:50:26 PDT
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