Watch Our for Bears !

[movingtarget]

https://au.be.yahoo.com/travel/a/31885004/cyclist-captures-the-moment-he-crashes-into-a-bear/#page1

 

[sarafereder]

that was cool ) thank you for sharing

 

[movingtarget]

Re:

that was cool ) thank you for sharing

No problem.

 

[Irondan]

Re:

that was cool ) thank you for sharing

Any time I see a post that has "thank you for sharing" included in it, (especially a first post) I brace myself for the onslaught of spam that follows. Please, make me wrong in my initial assessment about you!

 

[Boeing]

http://www.bicycling.com/training/fitness/ultimate-interval

This biker in this above link wasn't so lucky


for real

May 2015 I was riding my cross bike on a gravel road just outside of Missoula MT south of Swan Lake and saw a Grizzly Bear. Fortunately there was a gorge between him and the road. I saw something move out of my periphery thinking did a tree just move? It was hard to tell but I stopped and it was a griz on a tree stump. I could distinguish it immediately as its profile showed the razor humpback they have. In addition he caught my stare. With no experience other than visual from afar I didnt wait around to learn more. Riding away looking over the shoulder all the time. It was freighting

It is for this reason I will never attempt the Tour Divide or a solo free camp ride up in that part of the world.