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Reminds me of the old joke:

Two biologists are in the field following the tracks of a radio-collared grizzly bear. All of a sudden, the bear crashes out of the brush and heads right for them. They scramble up the nearest tree, but the bear starts climbing up the tree after them. The first biologist starts taking off his heavy leather hiking boots and pulls a pair of sleek running shoes from his back-pack. The second biologist gives him a puzzled look and says, "What in the world are you doing?"

He replies, "I figure when the bear gets close to us, we'll jump down and make a run for it."

The second guy says, "Are you crazy? We both know you can't outrun a full-grown grizzly bear."

The first guy says, "I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you!"

Grizzly Bears are not the same as Black Bears or Brown Bears. >> ^blankfist:

She's obviously never seen Grizzly Man.

This is idiotic. Black bears kill about as many people as Grizzly bears(1). Obviously that's partly a product of them being much more common, but still -- they are undeniably dangerous. The actions of this woman might be 99% safe, but that's not good enough considering how often black bears and humans run in to each other. I would definitely defend myself if a black bear charged me -- there's a non-trivial chance that bear has selected me for his dinner menu.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America

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Interesting. I spent a little over a month living in a tent doing field work in remote alaska and had a few grizzly encounters. I would definitely not felt safe with bear spray, but that report suggests that maybe it would have been useful after all. We didn't even take any spray, just a shotgun and revolver, both with bear rounds.

>> ^rychan:

>> ^residue:
I don't think bear spray would stop a grizzly
>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.


That was my intuition as well, but bear spray is actually very effective:
www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/bear%20spray.pdf
Much more effective than a gun, even (because it's hard to miss, and it's instantly debilitating to a bear).

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I guess you're trying to be sarcastic, but it is recommended you keep bear spray within arm's reach while in grizzly country.

>> ^ghark:

>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.

I always keep bear spray in my front pocket.

>> ^residue:

I don't think bear spray would stop a grizzly
>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.



That was my intuition as well, but bear spray is actually very effective:
www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/bear%20spray.pdf

Much more effective than a gun, even (because it's hard to miss, and it's instantly debilitating to a bear).

>> ^dag:

That comment is from when VideoSift was a BBS running on some code I hacked together for my Magnavox Odyssey™ (I had the beta version). VideoSift was a lot different back then. In order to watch the videos, we had to flip that little Game -> TV RF switch on the antenna jack.



I was about to go running to your profile.

Dag, dag, we have a time traveler trying to use our site!