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Posted by kutenay on May 10, 2008 at 12:33:34 pm EDT
In reply to knives and hiking posted by redpatch5 on May 4, 2008 at 10:00:14 pm EDT

I don't see any disagreement here, Bill, you and I are totally agreed on this. I simply wanted to point out Gary's suggestion of a "Cougar knife" plus twin bear spray cans on a belt because most cannot carry a handgun here. He lives where Cougar's DO and HAVE attacked and killed adults as well as kids. He is not the ultimate authority, many here have equal or greater experience than he does, but, his books ARE worth reading, although his rants against "preservationists" are rather tiresome and totally without foundation....I AM one and I was working in the BC wilderness when he came here from California.

Like you, I am very sceptical of ANY tools when the person(s) packing them do not have the skills to use them and I also, as my previous post indicated, find guys packing huge knives amusing. I have had enough Grizzly encounters to know that, in MANY cases, EVEN WITH my custom bear gun(s), I would be dead meat if a given bear decided I look like "Grizzwurst"..... :)

In fact, this is why I very seldom bother to carry a weapon, it is just too heavy and a pita when climbing steep cliffs. I DO highly recommend noisemakers and USE them and have never yet been attacked....thank God.

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