Good story. It makes me soften a little on Bear. Yes, he's an idiot but it seems he saved at least one life. I guess though we also need to figure out how many people have gotten hurt or killed mimicking him.
-Blast, who is itching for some woodtime.
Bear is entertainment rather than education, and it might be little unfair to beat him up for it. The kid could have chosen to base his survival plan on Sponge Bob or Jackass, with less favorable results. Most of my early survival training came from Ramar of the Jungle and Wile E. Coyote episodes, which tended to serve me poorly.