Shhh! The bears are all asleep...
It seems I'm a little bit late here...at least I have a decent excuse.
It's not a terrible one like my dog ate my homework or some nonsense like that. For starters I don't own a dog, but my room mate has two cats. Two little furballs of terror, not unlike Jack in his younger years, that claw at all sorts of things including your fingers and shoe laces when you're in a rush trying not to be late for work.
It's not a great excuse like I was attacked by a hungry bear and I had to fend it off with nothing but a pocket knife. Although come to think of it at a different time of year that might have been possible. Unfortunately the bears are sleeping. I did see some mule deer, and I definitely heard the coyotes down on the lake when I went to bed last night...bloody racket they make, I guess they couldn't hear me yelling at them to sod off. Wankers.
It is nice to be back home though after my winter exposure training (because calling it survival is a bit of a stretch). The weather was a balmy -10 to +3 or so over the past two days so it wasn't what you might call cold, which is fine by me! I managed to build a nice cozy shelter out of part of a parachute with a nice bed made from boughs. It was quite comfy actually. I made a signal fire that would do any SARtech proud I think, and I managed to catch a couple fish through a hole in the ice. Not bad for a couple of days out in the bush! My wingman took some pics on his digital cam, so I'll have some visuals to share in the next day or so.
cheers,
Dave
It's not a terrible one like my dog ate my homework or some nonsense like that. For starters I don't own a dog, but my room mate has two cats. Two little furballs of terror, not unlike Jack in his younger years, that claw at all sorts of things including your fingers and shoe laces when you're in a rush trying not to be late for work.
It's not a great excuse like I was attacked by a hungry bear and I had to fend it off with nothing but a pocket knife. Although come to think of it at a different time of year that might have been possible. Unfortunately the bears are sleeping. I did see some mule deer, and I definitely heard the coyotes down on the lake when I went to bed last night...bloody racket they make, I guess they couldn't hear me yelling at them to sod off. Wankers.
It is nice to be back home though after my winter exposure training (because calling it survival is a bit of a stretch). The weather was a balmy -10 to +3 or so over the past two days so it wasn't what you might call cold, which is fine by me! I managed to build a nice cozy shelter out of part of a parachute with a nice bed made from boughs. It was quite comfy actually. I made a signal fire that would do any SARtech proud I think, and I managed to catch a couple fish through a hole in the ice. Not bad for a couple of days out in the bush! My wingman took some pics on his digital cam, so I'll have some visuals to share in the next day or so.
cheers,
Dave
posted by Anonymous at 7:22 PM
1 Comments:
Oh Dave there was a time when you found that kind of behaviour endearing!
You can be my wingman any time ;)
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