The bare necessities of life

[skischool]

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-can...

Pocket knife saves Canadian man during grizzly bear attack

Amazing story from the nicer side of across the pond,sorry my American buddies,nothing personal.just my biased opinion and a love of Canada.

Cecilia and i once ventured north of Vancouver and skied in the area of this event and thank goodness it was during bear hibernation time,this is the story of one very cool guy with a lot of guts,still intact thankfully and a whole slice of luck.Hope he recovers fully.

Love Ski's and scruff's

[HungryHufflepuff]

What a story 🐻

I've been to Canada a few times but the closest I got to scary was Darth Vader playing a violin. And in fact that was just surreal.

[skischool in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Had it not be so late at night and the fact that i am knackered i would elicit a full explanation HH which i trust and implore you will give me later.

[Yatzy]

Funnily enough, I’d just read this amazing but scarey story on BBC website. I can’t believe that this man survived. Absolutely amazing escape, then biking 4.5 miles in that state of injury. Unbelievable!! Swiss Army knife, I bet!

He tells the story so well too, nightmare stuff. Thank goodness the bears were hibernating when you and Cecilia were skiing down the pistes there....a lucky escape 🐻 xx

[skischool in reply to Yatzy]

It was a bit of a back country adventure in the woods off piste but thankfully all those teddies were fast asleep Penzy yes a very brave and determined man,now that's what i call inspirational. xx

[Yatzy in reply to skischool]

Agreed! An amazing survival. Funny how teddies have become so loveable xx

[HungryHufflepuff in reply to Yatzy]

Wasn’t that something to do with President Roosevelt and national parks 🐻Or maybe he just liked shooting bears 😳

[Yatzy in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

That’s ringing a bell, HH. I suppose it’s only close up we’d get the real measure of their character in the wild....and not many of us get that close...thankfully in my case! 😀🐻

[sassy59]

What a great story of survival. Sadly some are not so lucky. Thank goodness the five men all knew first aid. Life savers. Xxxxx

[skischool in reply to sassy59]

Cassy it's pretty rare to be attacked by grizzlies and normally a cycle in the mountain forests are far less dangerous than a night out in some of our towns so sleep soundly tonight my love. xx

[sassy59 in reply to skischool]

Phew! Thanks skis, I’ll sleep well knowing that. Xxx 😘

[skischool in reply to sassy59]

You home yet,where's me Scrumpy lol xx

[sassy59 in reply to skischool]

Nope, on M27. Scrumpy in the boot. Xxxx

[skischool in reply to sassy59]

Drive safely and nice to see you back from the wilds xx

[sassy59 in reply to skischool]

👍😘🥰

[Izb1]

Brave guy and very lucky to be alive. You have had an interesting life with your Cecilia and have good memories to look back on x

[skischool in reply to Izb1]

Yes Irene we weren't ones for putting towels on sun loungers though we did chill now and again lol xx

[Izb1 in reply to skischool]

Variety is the spice of life my friend and it sounds like you have a great one x

[skischool in reply to Izb1]

Had my dear x

[Izb1 in reply to skischool]

So sorry x thats what happens when you spend a good lunch hour with mates in the pub, we all go Friday mad, ha! No need for me to do that now Im not working x

[mellyme]

Maybe Walmart needs to hire these teddies south of the Canadian border. They are a lot kinder.