### Comment:
You camp and go hiking up in Alaska? These animals really are terrifying. I like reading and writing fiction that uses realistic characters. And the brown grizzlie is like the ultimate beast that seems mythical, but that is actually real.  
  
 Do you bring mace or anything?

### REPLY:
Nah, not yet. I do in WY and CO. I live in CO.  And bear mace isn’t really practical.  It’s not always effective or easily deployable. If you shoot it off, it can also get wind blown back in your own face. A sidearm is what I carry for absolute emergencies.

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