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Di & George
Have to share this funny article I saw today. I love a good sense of humour.
pyreneanway.com / blog / french-pyrenees-gr-10-walk-guide / ?lang=en
Are the bears dangerous then?
Statistically speaking, no. You are more likely to be killed in a plane crash in the Pyrenees than by a bear. Nobody has been killed by a bear since the invention of the airplane, but the wreckage on the GR 10 on the slopes of Canigou is testimony to the unreliability of aircraft.
In fact, there are only 20 bears in the Pyrenees, so you are unlikely even to see one. You definitely will see marmottes.
If you do see a bear it will probably ignore you. If you are still uneasy, extensive advice on bears is available on backpacker.com. Questions in the forum include such interesting topics as “Will back country sex attract a bear?”, “Do Tasers stop bears?” and, for the really paranoid, “Will my farts attract a bear?”.
Whatever you do, don’t wear a sheepskin coat. Several hundred sheep are killed by the bears each year (out of a population approaching half a million).
pyreneanway.com / blog / french-pyrenees-gr-10-walk-guide / ?lang=en
Are the bears dangerous then?
Statistically speaking, no. You are more likely to be killed in a plane crash in the Pyrenees than by a bear. Nobody has been killed by a bear since the invention of the airplane, but the wreckage on the GR 10 on the slopes of Canigou is testimony to the unreliability of aircraft.
In fact, there are only 20 bears in the Pyrenees, so you are unlikely even to see one. You definitely will see marmottes.
If you do see a bear it will probably ignore you. If you are still uneasy, extensive advice on bears is available on backpacker.com. Questions in the forum include such interesting topics as “Will back country sex attract a bear?”, “Do Tasers stop bears?” and, for the really paranoid, “Will my farts attract a bear?”.
Whatever you do, don’t wear a sheepskin coat. Several hundred sheep are killed by the bears each year (out of a population approaching half a million).