I've just been checking through on some more practicalities. Thankfully it looks like I'll be avoiding grizzly territory, though I'll still be camping in black bear territory for a good few nights. To make it worse it'll be around the time they'll be coming out of hibernation and hence be worryingly hungry. What I hadn't realised is the general view out there seems to be that its actually best to fight back if attacked by a black bear, whereas for a grizzly its best to play dead (and, as an aside, for a polar bear you basically are dead!)This website is one of the most useful I've found on the basics of ursine encounters. Come to think of it, I really hope it's turns out not to be 'useful', but merely 'interesting'. http://www.runtheplanet.com/trainingracing/safety/blackbearsafe.asp
