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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

One of the most common questions I receive from my Patreon members about backpacking

is about bears. Aren't you afraid of bears?

And it's not just my Patreon members.

It feels like every time I interview a backpacker,

they have a funny story about a family member or friends asking them,

isn't it dangerous out there there's bears you know?

So we're going to talk about this.

I've been putting this off because, you know, I've covered bear safety,

I've talked about bear canisters.

And I really don't want to feel like I'm spending too much time on one topic.

But I think the time has come. I'm going to start with this.

When it comes to how safe is it out in the woods?

How likely are you to have a bear encounter?

The other day, my wife and I are driving to the movies.

We're in a 50 mile per hour zone.

And suddenly we come up on a car, it's doing 25.

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