scott_harpell

I don't know dude, I think cougars generally attack by stealth, from the back and from above. And they go straight for the neck, so you're half-way to dead before you even know you're under attack. I advise walking backwards with the sidearms cocked and loaded, otherwise that hip-weight is doing nothing more than slowing you down. Not true really. Adults attacked by cougars rarely end up dead. In washington, only one adult has died to cougar attacks. I would like to still limit the amout of time this guy is on top of me. bast

Whatever tough guy So I'm just wondering. If you're posting here that you carry a gun, do you carry it because you feel that you need it? ..Or do you just like guns? It's my job to carry a gun. Several of them in fact. It's also part of my job to be able to crush someone with my bare hands. Something I have become quite adept at over time. What's it to you tough guy? Well I'm glad you see an option other than popping off boku rounds at the first sign of danger. A bare-handed crushing is a lot less evil than popping off three rounds from safe distance. So what is a safe distance? Any average Joe to hit a guy 3 fer 3 in the chest on top of adrenaline would have to be preety freaking close. But I suppose if your only gun education is from Clint Eastwood movies, 100 yard shots with a .45 handgun are routine...

huh... i don't know if it is true or not, but I heard that they amount of energy needed to digest that crap exceeds the amount provided by eating it.

If you have tough ass ankles, and are really gunning for speed, use soft spike XC spikes... if not trail runners... as for packs, I use a value village fanny pack held close with a wrap of duct tape around the hips... this takes a bit of practice to get the right tension, but it is cheap and it works the best of any system i have found. have fun and watch the downhills...

Tororrow... No moonbat ass hats... must have a CWP to come... PM me for details...

perfect.

Hey man... I never bragged about my test score! Don't lump me in with those moon bats!!!

Get a life dumbass.

Whatever... it is my perogative... if that is what I need to feel safe in the outdoors by myself 20+ miles out... its my deal. I don't comment on you guys out there with your goretex and hydration bladders and GPS gadgets... If you even want to come work a day with me this summer without packing... you are more then welcome... Mmmm bear bait.

Any ways... who wants to go tommorow AM? Gotterdamerung? PM me and lets make it happen. Crackbolter? Gotta be some more feather flingers around here...

wouldn't blue be a better color to use?

Well I suppose that is your opinion, but I think you would be hard pressed to find someone where I work not packing heat.

Scott Harpell --You carry a gun when you go trout fishing in the backcountry because you think a cougar is going to attack you if you carry fish on the trail? I'm sorry pal, but you are truly a moron. How many times do you think you can do this your lifetime and not let luck catch up to you? I hvae done this near 15 times this month. I also do it for a living... I think my exposure level is a little bit more involved than some climber at smith rocks toting luna bars. Ask Fred Beckey or any long time cascade climber how often they carry guns into the wilderness. And I beg to differ. While I might get pretty hurt in the process I think an ice tool would kill anything off but a bear, and the chance of a black bear attacking you are pretty slim. Do you honestly worry about some animal attacking you in the woods? That's pretty sad if so. I dare you to go up against a cougar with an ice axe... and yeah... when i am by myself and 20 miles out with a kill, I am kinda scared... what's your point?

Only a member of the barking moonbat ass hat collective would think of something like that.

obviously you failed the math section... if you got 670 and it was 99% and crackhead got 710.... did crackhead get >100%?

Come with me 1) Try and keep up. 2) If something attacks you, I will let it maul you. 3) If you brag about your SAT score or your last Engineering midterm test, I will duct tape you to a tree and cover you in fish guts to see if cougars really do hate the smell of fish guts...

The key to happiness? I think so...

Shit! You guys need to grow some testicles to brag about or something... Most people I know don't brag about a test they took a decade ago.

Scott Harpell --You carry a gun when you go trout fishing in the backcountry because you think a cougar is going to attack you if you carry fish on the trail? I'm sorry pal, but you are truly a moron. How many times do you think you can do this your lifetime and not let luck catch up to you? I hvae done this near 15 times this month. I also do it for a living... I think my exposure level is a little bit more involved than some climber at smith rocks toting luna bars.

looser denial...

Oh... and a 'nicely planted ice-tool' wouldn't do shit against a non human predator... which is what the article was describing.

Where you been hikin' boy?? I think a nicely planted ice tool would do a real number on somebody. Try Alaska... or for that matter anywhere in Washington. If you think you are not prone to an attack you are mistaken. I have been within 8 feet of a blackie in the MRNP and wish I was packing then. Got the video too... kinda shakey though...

I took that definition out of the dictionary. Go look it up yourself if you are so inclined. I'm out of HS, and I scored 670 (99 percentile) on the verbal SATs when I took them, so I hardly put any stock in your critique of my command of the English language.

I am NOT Canadian... nor do I attend a junior college... nor have I ever. Sorry, "sharpest marble" is not the expression...you could try: brightest bulb in the bunch sharpest tack in the box etc. etc. you still have to match the adjective with the noun dipshit. So, in other words, NOLse is right, "sharpest marble in the bag" is pretty dumb. those are called cliches... mine was a modified coloquialism.

I am NOT Canadian... nor do I attend a junior college... nor have I ever.