Hiking With Grizzlies: Lessons Learned

By Tim Rubbert

Every hiker and camper who reads this book will be better prepared to hike in grizzly country and to actually encounter a grizzly bear. That's because bear advocate Tim Rubbert shares the lessons he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931832692
• ISBN13: 9781931832694
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Riverbend Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

bear book not to miss

Excellent book. Being a "bear enthusiast" I have read many books on the subject including Dr. Herrero's "Bear Attacks; Their Causes and Avoidance"; which is a tremendously informative work. This book most certainly rivals the foregoing. Mr. Rubbert's book is based on first hand experience. In fact, I can't imagine any one individual having hiked so many trails and having had as many first hand encounters as Tim. His photographs and renditions (especially the mauling event)puts the reader right there at the scene. Do not miss this book!!

EXCELLENT- Great words for the wise

Every hiker, camper or naturalist who ventures into bear country should have read this book beforehand. Worth every penny.

Common sense for the bears' safety... and yours

Just finished this great read. To the point and informative Tim Rubbert takes the reader both into his mind and the minds of the bears he has lived among for 25 years. It is refreshing to finally come upon a book that focuses on the education that hikers and tourist so badly need. This book also could have been called, "Protecting Grizzlies from People." After visiting two major prime Grizzy habitats I have found that it is, indeed, the Grizzly, that needs protection from the people who innocently cannot understand the ramifications of their actions towards these intelligent bears. Tim understands and has put in much time to help his readers understand. Tim Rubbert shows the tolerance of these bears, also the naivety and the lessons that every hiker with sense should learn when out in bear country. Thank you Tim for providing me with a book that I find imperative to read over and over again. Thank you for protecting these great bears and for finally seeing with their eyes. Looking forward to your next book and to bringing this one along on my many future journeys into the lands of the Grizzly. And to saying, "HELLO," around every corner Bill Keating~ Ya might want to grab yourself a copy! ;)

It could very well save your life

Every year stories about bears attacking hikers and campers hits the news headlines. Hiking With Grizzlies: Lessons Learned gives outdoors enthusiasts critically important information on how to react when meeting a bear. Author and wildlife expert Tim Rubbert's trail-tested techniques draw upon his own extensive personal experience when in the last eight years alone, hiking more than 10,000 miles, he has experienced more than 800 sightings of grizzly bears. Rubbert covers what makes some bears charge while others retreat, the best way to avoid confrontations altogether, the use of bear spray, cover making noise, remaining calm, staying together, retreating, encountering surprised bears, habituated bears, bears with cubs, and bears on carcasses. If you are planning to hike through the wilderness, give Tim Rubbert's Hiking With Grizzlies a careful reading -- it could very well save your life. Also very highly recommended reading from Riverbend Publishing is Bob Murphy's Bears I Have Known: A Park Ranger's True Tales From Yellowstone And Glacier National Parks (193183-2641, $10.95)