"rw" wrote


Take bear spray.



I probably am going to buy some bear spray this year. I've only seen three
grizzly bears in all the times I've been to Jellystone, starting in 1971,
but I've had a couple people very seriously tell me that I should avoid
going alone into some places .. and I should carry spray in others.
People that weren't in a position to sell me spray G

Age, I guess, but I'm definitely not as bold as I once was. I tend to worry
about things like breaking a leg or getting lost ( I was really good at
x-country trail-less travel in the Sierras, but the downed trees and lack of
distinct landmarks makes the Yellowstone area seem far more daunting off
trail ). Things that I thought about back then but never 'worried about.'
And bears,too, more than I ever did when younger. Especially since I'm
hiking alone.

HEHE,
I was chatting with John Jurachek ( really nice, very knowledgeable, guy )
one evening and asked about "really needing " bear spray. He started on an
elaborate "If I hadn't had it that time" story which I soon interrupted with
my very impressed "Really?"

At that, he and the other locals in the room cracked up and I knew I'd been
had .... by 'gullible tourist story # 4, variation b ' G



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"If they call it tourist season, why can't we shoot them?"