Re: [Paddlewise] Their Domain

Cheeky Rob said:
>>Let's see: a12 pound rifle and 1 pound of ammo, 13pounds total. A 90 pound
VCP Nordkapp (the DL layup, of course), with a diminishing payload from 350
pounds to 300 pounds due to DL layup. 175 paddler (?) with 25 pounds of
extraneous paddling  gear including apparrel, repair gear, 1st aid, extra
paddles, PFD's, etc. Seems like we have about 87 pounds of freeboard leftover
for the food, water and 4 season freestanding tents, Doug! Dee-Hi anyone?<<

175? I wish. You are right, Rob, a heavy Big Game gun wouldn't cut it. A nice
lightweight SMG would be fine (that's a machine gun to you civies out there).

Funny you should reply right now, I just read in the paper a minute ago after
dinner about a man from Williams Lake (BC interior) who fended off a bear and
subsequently killed it with a 9cm knife. Highlights:

-John Hirsch never goes anywhere without his knife
-The bear circled Hirsch while he faced it down, it was like wary wrestlers
-The ensuing knife-fight was like an old-time western
-Bear swatted and lunged, but Hirsch kept stabbing the bear
-Hirsch had the wits to stay upright
-The bear had a severed tongue and was hungry and in poor shape.
-It never occurred to Hirsch that he would loose the fight, he considered
himself at least equal to the bear
-However long it took, Hirsch new he's come out okay.

So forget the SMG, I'll take a knife, and no Dee-Hi, I'll just eat the bears.

Doug Lloyd
Victoria BC
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