[at-l] sleeping safety while in the hammock

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

Actually run downhill and do a sudden 90? turn. That's tough for a bear. Read Eric Ryback's journal in the Rodale 2 volume set for a bear encounter of this sort. The guy being pursued (he had provoked the bear) ran to the edge of a steep embankment and did a sudden turn. The bear went over and tumbled down the embankment.  After that the bear gave up the chase.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William Neal 
  To: 'Robert Moore' ; AT-L List (E-mail) 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:52 AM
  Subject: RE: [at-l] sleeping safety while in the hammock


  Tent or hammock, if they're coming in, they're coming in.  Running might not help since most of them can run faster than you.  Except I've heard that running downhill, if you've got a large enough head start, the bear tends to tumble end-over-end because most of their weight is behind them.  Haven't tried it and don't want to.

  But, you may want to get some orange safety tape and stick to your hammock.  Or some night-glo stickers or tape. Or both.

  William, The Glowing Turtle
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Robert Moore [mailto:simva4040@yahoo.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:18 AM
    To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
    Subject: [at-l] sleeping safety while in the hammock


    Seems like your biggest fear would be someone (or something) walking blindly into the tent and falling/stumbling into the tent and upon you....at least while in the hammock if they are that blind they would walk into the hammock at about waist level...assuming they didnt walk into the fly first (most likely), which would/should sound the alarm in their mind to stop-well before gettin to you in the 'mock.....
    Cant imagine what might happend if a frightened and running scared moose ran between the trees supporting your hammock...thinking of that makes me glad I didnt know about hammocking when I was hiking on Isle Royale :)


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