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Your Most Pressing Bear Questions, Answered

Real reader bear questions answered by Buck Tilton.

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Contributing editor and Wilderness Institute cofounder Buck Tilton is a first-aid expert with 30 years of medical experience and three dozen books under his belt. But the most popular reader questions he fields–by far–aren’t about sprained ankles or water treatment. They’re about bears. Here’s a sampling of the real reader questions our Medicine Man has received–and, once and for all, the answers.

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How to Pack for Backcountry Skiing

Get to know the winter safety gear you need in your pack.

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