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> Facing a grizzly at four feet, alone in the middle of the Yukon, really does put everything else in perspective for the rest of your life. That sounds incred
by eshvk 14y ago
> Facing a grizzly at four feet, alone in the middle of the Yukon, really does put everything else in perspective for the rest of your life.
That sounds incredible! I am going to sound incredibly stupid but that would be something to experience. Details?
- japhyr 14y agoI was heading north on the Cassiar Highway in BC, a mostly dirt road which parallels the more heavily-traveled AK highway. I had been seeing black bears every day from a fair distance. I was on a flat stretch of road with grassy banks. I saw a matted-down patch on my right and thought to myself, that looks like a bear slid down on its butt right there. Then I glanced to my left and found myself face to face with a grizzly. It's funny, I knew what I was supposed to do from reading and talking about bears. But it was my experience responding to stray dogs that had trained me in how to respond. I just stayed calm and kept pedaling, same speed. It stepped into the road and huffed in my direction, but it didn't start chasing me. I have kept that moment in mind during every "stressful" situation in my life since then.