From: Seng, Dave <snipped> > If you come visit us in SE Alaska you'll find that you can camp almost > anywhere that you can find a flat enough (and dry enough!) spot for a tent - > but just be aware that the local residents will _always_ know exactly where > you're camped - and can exact a heavy toll for mistakes. Sometimes though - > as in the recent BC wolf attack - they end up paying the price with _their_ > lives. > as winter set in a few years ago, i went for a paddle at one of my regular sites... after awhile, i saw another guy.. wanting solitude, i tried to out run him.. but he was in better shape than me. so we met and that was the start of a friendship... he is from a Norwegian family. hats of hi to some dark-side paddlers. Today i discussed the BC wolf attack with an 80 yr young retired prof from MIT who also has as Norwegian heritage... he told me that when attacked, some hikers use their stick to club wolfs across the back (to break it) or hit them in the jaw. hopefully i wil be able to show Eric MC some remote locations this weekend. so, i see some wisdom in paddling gently and sleeping with a sturdy paddle. bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 16:24:15 PDT
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