you bury that and hang your food in a tree. Unless you're really kinky that is.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > and you should always hang your poop from a tree. I think I learned that in > a movie. > > > On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> >> whenever I've gone hiking in the Rockies I've had an old coffee can >> hooked to my pack. The can had some rocks in it so it rattled. thing >> is though, it works with black bears but may not work with grizzlies. >> Also the bear spray sold in the U.S. in not legal in Canada. You can >> buy a less potent variety in Canada. >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Generally you're trying to scare a bear away, like with a bear-banger, not >>> beat it in a fight. It's going to take some pretty substantial hardware to >>> put a bear down. However if you can make enough loud noise (and he's not >>> really really hungry) you can probably get him to leave. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I've always heard that making something 'grizzly proof' was nigh >>>> impossible. >>>> >>>> I've also heard that anything that packs less punch than a 50 cal is >>>> likely to just piss them off. Including bear spray. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:45 PM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: OMG! >>>> >>>> >>>> You need it. I remember when I was working at a mine near Revelstoke >>>> BC. The kitchen and food storage was supposedly Grizzly proof. The >>>> side of the trailer was torn apart and all the food was scattered or >>>> eaten. the problem is that grizzlies generally still consider people >>>> as legit prey. They run faster than people and are much stronger. >>>> There's a reason why the doors to cabins are very thick and spiked. As >>>> for the bear spray, I wouldn't bet my life on it working. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
