Originally Posted By: NightHiker
I'd much rather be enveloped by a cloud of bear spray from my buddy behind me in hopes that it would prevent a mauling...and even if it didn't I don't think it would really add that much discomfort to the results of the bear attack.


+1


Kind of like hunting boar in tule reed tunnels.

But how many were injured in the attack, four or six of the seven? Something to be learned here about hiking as a group in thick brush in bear country.

Not attentive enough were Jedi those.

Or not trained or equipped enough.