Japanese guy runs into abear while biking

[Deathcricket]

[Last Child]

Holy cow! I would never wait around long enough for a bear to get that close to me.

Pretty cool though.

[snccoulter]

I say make a bunch of noise when it was a good distance away and it would have gone away

[Cirrus2000]

Hey, that's my neck of the woods! I've seen a lot of bears while hiking, but only once that close (took us both by surprise!)

Read the first comment on the video - Lee's a big back country skier, mountain biker and hiker around here, and he's absolutely correct. These guys are doing that bear no favours. Cool video, but they would have been better off making a lot of noise, and startling the crap out of the bear. Very poor judgement.

[blueeyes]

And I thought running into a Moose on the trail was scary. This guy is nuts!!!

[live2ride]

Thats just plain stupid man~

[Last Child]

Here is a Utah girl and a bear.

We're hearing so much of this now days. For some reason it's running into a mountain lion while out biking that concerns me some?

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7080371

[dilis]

Thanks for that video on what you can run into out in the not-so far removed wilderness. On what to do in that situation, here's a state government safety bulletin on the do's and dont's when out and about in bear country.

http://wildlife.utah.gov/bear/bear_safety.php