> A friend stopped by the store yesterday. He had just returned from paddling > Katmai, National Park in AK with three others. During the trip he said they > counted 65 Grizzlies, many of them were roaming right through their camps. > They made lots of noise and yelling as a group when that happened. The bears > pretty much ignored them /snip/ > Years ago it used to be legal to carry firearms for bear protection in > Alaska's National Parks, but apparently not any more. Does anybody know when > the law changed on that, and what it is now? It would take a group of organised fire to fight a group of grizzlies, I guess. Otherwise chances are that unharmed one or two would want to fight back. And in the night time it would take a group of organised fire equipped with night-visors. I've read about the guy who successfully scared bears off using 110 dB infra-red alarm at Kodiak Island. Not sure if they were grizzlies or smaller species. He used 2 alarms, oriented in 2 opposite directions (each covered 100 deg. angle). I don't see any key-operated battery-powered IR alarm of that siren power on american market, though. There are some keypad-operated, which is less convenient in a dark tent when you've just waken up with ugly loud syren (yeah, it's ugly - I've got one). Those ones with a key were 4-Seasons brand from Germany. Alex. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 18 2003 - 21:20:44 PDT
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