I know, I know..... I am really overdue for a blog...
I had planned to do a write-up of our hike this weekend in Whistler but Adam beat me to it and as is always the case with his reports, it is entertaining, well-written, and reasonably accurate. So, please check out the story of our hike here.
I do have to point out though that his very brief description of our bear-encounter was not entirely honest. Without being too dramatic (if possible), it was scary. We rounded a bend in the trail and the bear was right in front of us, no more than a few meters away. Adam was leading so he got an especially good look of this guy's teeth, claws, and overall massive stature. Thankfully, Adam's twiggy legs weren't an appetizing snack and the bear bolted into the bushes. Meanwhile, the two of us RAN away from him. Yes, this is what you are NOT supposed to do when you encounter a bear, but it was our immediate reaction. Again, this bear was BIG and he snarled at us (not quite a "guffaw" as Adam so calmly described). The bear disappeared far into the bush so we were able to continue our run, but were sure to sing and speak loudly for the rest of the time.
3 comments:
You didn't have to outrun the bear, you just had to outrun eachother...Ha Ha! Bad joke, totally kidding..was it a grizz or black?
Black bear, so fairly harmless (I think). If it were a grizzly this blog post probably wouldn't exist...
Hmmm..Good point.
Apparently my uncle was picking huckleberries with his Mum back in the day. They were working different sides of the same bush and he could hear her rattling the bush as they picked. He said something brilliant and there was no reply from Mum...equally disconcerting, the bush stopped shaking. He peaked around and you guessed it, a black bear was doing 60KPH the other way. Funny. I am not sure his repeating the story over and over again makes it true.
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