A Bear Vs. a Fall

A Bear Vs. a Fall

I used to worry about being eaten by grizzly bears. Sadly, I now find myself more worried about taking a fall. The years I spent in the backcountry in and around Yellowstone National Park resulted in a number of encounters with grizzlies. Some were close. I was treed by the biggest bear I’d ever seen. Following an elk trail through the snow in the dark timber on the Mirror Plateau I saw a grizzly...