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mike What box?
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 10:40 am Post subject: Don't forget to pack the duct tape! |
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Azcentral.com wrote: |
Man survives bear attack with help of duct tape
Associated Press
Sept. 26, 2003 07:15 AM
WASILLA, Alaska - A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup truck and drove himself to a hospital.
Bill Murphy said the Sept. 17 attack happened after he surprised a grizzly cub and its mother on a trail about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage where he was hunting for moose and sheep.
"I didn't even have time to jump," Murphy said.
Murphy grabbed his rifle but before he could raise it, the mother bear pinned him face-down.
It then clamped her jaws around his right shoulder and started shaking him like a rag. He said he felt teeth pressing against his skin, then a pop as they sliced through.
At some point, the bear let go, then stood over Murphy, panting and drooling onto his head. All he could think about was a bear attack over the summer near the Russian River where a man was bitten on the face and blinded.
"I just lay perfectly still and said, 'God, don't bite my head,' " Murphy said.
Finally, the bear moved away. Murphy said he got up, planning to shoot the bear, but it had broken his rifle.
Murphy said he wrapped duct tape around his shoulder and cut up a cloth bag to wrap around his thigh. He hiked out to his four-wheeler, rode about 15 miles back to his pickup truck and drove a half hour to Valley Hospital in Palmer.
The 54-year-old said he has no idea how long the attack lasted, but it felt like "two lifetimes."
"I can laugh about it now, but I wasn't laughing then," he said. |
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sherileeaz
Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 874
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Can i play devil's advocate, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
I think it's great he remembered his duct tape, but he needed to remember to take along a hiking partner. I think he wouldn't have needed his duct tape. Or, do both, duct tape and hiking partner.
This reminds me of the man that had to cut off his arm to save himself. If he would have hiked with a hiking partner, I think the outcome would have been different.
So don't forget to pack your tape and hiking partner!!
That's just my devilish opinion, I know this is controversial about "hiking alone vs with someone".
Sherileeaz
edited ... geesh Tom... |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Best way to protect yourself from a bear attack is to always hike with someone you can outrun. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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Tom Treks Gear Addict
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's great he remembered his duck tape |
It's Duct Tape!.... DUCT TAPE!!!
Ya know, they're even selling it as "Duck Tape" in the stores. What's up with that?? |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Tom, Duck Tape is a brand of duct tape; you can get it at Walmart. Hey, good marketing gimick! _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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sherileeaz
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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HikerInGilbert wrote: |
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I think it's great he remembered his duck tape |
It's Duct Tape!.... DUCT TAPE!!!
Ya know, they're even selling it as "Duck Tape" in the stores. What's up with that?? |
Oh Tom, only YOU would make a big deal on that. |
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sherileeaz
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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evenstar wrote: |
Tom, Duck Tape is a brand of duct tape; you can get it at Walmart. Hey, good marketing gimick! |
Thanks Hooli, I owe ya one, maybe even 2
Sherileeaz |
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Tom Treks Gear Addict
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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sherileeaz wrote: |
Oh Tom, only YOU would make a big deal on that. |
That's right dagnabit. Get it right next time. (hehehe)
"Umm Mr. true hardware store dude sir... can you tell me where the DUCK TAPE is ??" I'd have a laugh too...
(just like me isn't it... eh Sheri?) |
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sherileeaz
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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HikerInGilbert wrote: |
sherileeaz wrote: |
Oh Tom, only YOU would make a big deal on that. |
That's right dagnabit. Get it right next time. (hehehe)
"Umm Mr. true hardware store dude sir... can you tell me where the DUCK TAPE is ??" I'd have a laugh too...
(just like me isn't it... eh Sheri?) |
Yes Tom, and it's just like me to bring along DUCK tape to use on you!!! HAHA!!
I may be the devil's advocate, but Tom you are the devil!! *teasing*
Sherileeaz |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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sherileeaz
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 10:14 pm Post subject: Duck/Duct Tape |
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evenstar wrote: |
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html |
Hooli, you are wealth of information!
I was sooooo afraid this would keep Tom up at night worrying over Duct vs Duck! *giggle*
Thanks, I know I'll sleep better now too!
Well after I pay ya back 1 or is it 2 times? lol
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Daddee I once was a slug.
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 2815 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 9/26/2003, 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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To piggyback on Hooli's post - those guys also have a Duct Tape Fashion Gallery.
I think this is the epitome of people who have way too much time on their hands.
And certainly this guy has gone over the edge:
_________________ "Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV
"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
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