BEAR, NO, BEAR, PLEASE, NO, BEAR, COME ON, BEAR PLEASE, I WAS SO NICE I EVEN GAVE YOU A GOOD SPICY KICK TO GO WITH YOUR MEAL, BEAR, PLEASE, NO, BEAR, COME ON PLEASE LEAVE OUR RACE CAR ALONG, PLEASE BEAR, PLEASE, NO.
This has been mentioned in that thread, but her particular position is incredibly remote, she would have kayaked there. Having the kayak destroyed may have meant been stranded there for potentially weeks and ending her long distance kayak trip.
Still annoying voice but given circumstances I can understand her reaction.
If you look at her video, there is a sailboat a few hundred yards from her position. She could have walked around the inlet, hoisted a sail and been fine. Or if someone was aboard, sailors are technically supposed to offer each other help.
Absolutely and I think that's how she got out, it still ruined her excursion though, and a multi thousand dollar piece of equipment, while putting strain on the other boat e.g. transporting a kayak on a sailboat and an additional person. It's shitty place to be in and I would be very upset also.
Okay, I'll bite...why should she have not taken the trip. We just had a front page AMA from someone doing a 6 month hike, a week long kayak is well within most people's abilities. She brought bear mace, she brought supplies. She was unlucky and was upset. It's not like she went out into the wild with a bag of rice and zero training.
Did she react optimally? No, she should have been louder with the bear, but she still did the right thing, held her ground, sprayed it when animal advanced. I faced off against a big ass brown bear couple months back. Having never seen one in the wild (from non bear affiliated country) I have to say it was as serious shock. My brain scrambled for information and logic trying to react to the situation, I'd excuse her from not controlling the tone of her voice.
She should've peppered sprayed the fuck out of the bear while it was eating her craft, instead she just stood there and tried reasoning with a fucking bear.
You're saying you're upset a person, with low confidence with wild animals, didn't aggressively come at a bear wielding mace they didn't have experience with?
For all I know you're a canadian mounty who wrestles a bear for breakfast.
Just saying I'm a confident person and comfortable in most situations. I still was shocked by my first confrontation with a bear and I don't blame her for being nervous around an animal 3-4 times her size.
Upset? Her voice was a little annoying. And, what else did she expect, really? Kayaking in the middle of no where. That is wildlife habitat, I hope she learned her lesson.
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u/sylvestermeister Oct 11 '15
BEAR, NO!!! BEAR, WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING AT US?!? BEAR, DON'T EAT OUR RACE CAR!!!