For 7 years I have been making my way down the Yukon starting in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. I’m now down to Ft. Yukon in Alaska and I’m always by myself. I sleep on the river bank each night in a cold camp after having cooked a meal around ten miles or so upriver.
I think 2 things relative to this article about this specific incident:
1. Working in bear country you must have an INSTANT and EFFECTIVE way to defend yourself. I have a 50 caliber S & W 5 shot revolver hanging from my neck at all times.
2. I think requiring some poor guy to work out in the bush in the middle of a large bear population without a sure fire way to protect himself has opened this company up for some major litigation.
Another article I read in the Coeur d’Alene Press said they missed their employees BEAR SPRAY! Is that nuts or is that nuts!
That guide gutting the elk in Wyoming had his Glock in his backpack. Lot of good that did him.