Steve Brown wrote: > I didn't mean to infer that being eaten by a black bear is a frequent > occurrence. That reminds me of one of my favorite parts of Bill Bryson's _A Walk in the Woods_ (Broadway Books, 1998). After discussing Herrero's book at length he says: "Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are cunning agile, and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can...That doesn't happen often, but--and here is the absolutely salient point--once would be enough." -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jun 23 2003 - 19:21:13 PDT
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