Thursday, July 7, 2011

Real Risks in Backcountry Hiking (BBC)


Yellowstone National Park

grizzly bear kills hiker

ABC News' Chuck Sivertsen: "It was the third grizzly bear attack in the Yellowstone region in the past year"
A female grizzly bear has killed a man in the US out on a hike with his wife in Yellowstone National Park after the couple apparently surprised the bear and its cubs, officials say.
The attack took place on the Wapiti Lake Trail, in an isolated area near the middle of the park, officials said.
The woman survived despite being chased by the bear and lifted into the air by her rucksack, she told park officials.
It was Yellowstone's first fatal bear mauling since 1986.

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