[pct-l] Bears: Risk of becoming a fatality? Statistics of interest here

[Kevin Cook]

My hike "went public" at work last week, so I've been filling in a couple
co-workers each day.
Today I was asked if I was taking a gun. It made me laugh. I told him I'm
much much safer on the trail then around all these dangerous humans!

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> > Bears: Risk of becoming a fatality? Statistics of interest here
>
> The whole scary bear and scary snake thing gets really old after a
> while. People worry about the wrong thing. Whenever people ask me
> "what did you use for safety" they always mean did I carry anything
> to protect me from bears or snakes. Or else they ask me if I was
> scared and they almost always mean did any bears or snakes frighten
> me. What they should ask was how scary was the water? Did you have
> any close calls with water. Water is by far the most dangerous and
> frightening thing on the trail. Frozen or liquid.
>
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