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Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:52 pm to gmrkr5
LOL... Now THAT'S an abundance of caution. Were you shouting "Hey, bear!" and beating the brush with your trekking poles the whole way back up the trail? I don't think people can really appreciate the adrenalin surge you experience, unless it has happened to them.
Towards the end of a long day backpacking solo, 15 or 16 miles of trail behind me, I was tired and kind of zoned out. The stretch of trail was straight and level, going through some fairly thick forest (Resurrection Trail, AK). I was making that final push to where I intended to camp that night and wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings (mistake!). All of a sudden I hear kind of a "woof" right to my side in the brush. It took me about a half step to wake up and realize that it was very likely an unseen bear huffing at me. I jumped about ten feet and spun around to try to see what it was. Never saw or heard another thing as I slowly backed up the trail away from the area (I was later told that it might have been a moose, which apparently kill more people than bears). I made plenty noise the rest of the way to my campsite and my antenna stayed fully extended!
I went from peaceful and relaxed to fully alert in about a second and a half. I'd love to know what my heart rate jumped up to!
Towards the end of a long day backpacking solo, 15 or 16 miles of trail behind me, I was tired and kind of zoned out. The stretch of trail was straight and level, going through some fairly thick forest (Resurrection Trail, AK). I was making that final push to where I intended to camp that night and wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings (mistake!). All of a sudden I hear kind of a "woof" right to my side in the brush. It took me about a half step to wake up and realize that it was very likely an unseen bear huffing at me. I jumped about ten feet and spun around to try to see what it was. Never saw or heard another thing as I slowly backed up the trail away from the area (I was later told that it might have been a moose, which apparently kill more people than bears). I made plenty noise the rest of the way to my campsite and my antenna stayed fully extended!
I went from peaceful and relaxed to fully alert in about a second and a half. I'd love to know what my heart rate jumped up to!
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