In a message dated 8/7/2007 9:15:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kayaking_gal_at_yahoo.com writes: Ill tell you, I dont want to give up camping so Im going to do some research and see what I can do to be better prepared. But I hope to never take a bear encounter in stride. A fed bear is a dead bear. Tell your friend please, to take it more seriously. The bears that break into lazy humans cars usually wind up getting shot. Sometimes people get hurt in that dead bears path. If you are interested in learning more of human/bear interaction, read Dr Steven Herero's Bear Attacks, Their Cause and Avoidance. Avoid books such as Alaska Bear Tales1 or 2, which are designed to scare the hell out of you. In one of my Alaskan paddling trips a 9-10 foot brown bear swam into the cove we were camped in. He stood up and shook off and was so big I was scared to say anything. He was 30 yards away. I said...huh-lo Mr buh-Bear..nobody over here but us chickens. It was hardly a Dirty Harry moment. He left. Cheers, Rob G ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 09 2007 - 07:55:53 PDT
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