Young cyclist fights for life after grizzly bear attack

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/01/usa.cycling?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

"probably tried to bite her head off"... holy shit

After...

"She was cut up and bit pretty good," a police officer, Jean Mills, told the Anchorage Daily News.

The girl was bitten on her head, torso and thigh, and also had a "sucking chest wound" made me laugh.

I know it's not a laughing matter.

not a problem as such in this country. only grizzly thing we have here is the little old man on the corner with the big stick.

And RPM ;)

I can see its not only me who is struggling to sympathise with this situation.

Why the fuck would go on a all night bike race in bear country alaska, especially if you are a 14 year old girl ?

Same way you wouldnt go on a all night bike race in this country as you would get bummed.

The race organisers are morons.

not the correct point there bud. far better is why would you organise a night ride in bear country during bear mating season and salmon season. with the race going between the river and the woods.

as for all nighters in this country i do it quite alot and have not been bummed yet. maybe i'm in the wrong place.

To be fair, it was a 24 hour race and you have to go a long way north, even in Alaska to avoid night time over that timescale.

Of course you then have a whole different kind of bear to contend with.

** "A midnight race along a salmon stream is probably a pretty bad idea when the salmon are there," Sinnott said
**+1

as for all nighters in this country i do it quite alot and have not been bummed yet. maybe i'm in the wrong place.

Maybe you should try some of the parks and lavatories nearer cities if you want to get bummed.

Her name is Petra Davis of Anchorage, and attends the South High School. More info is here: http://speedwaycyclesak.com/pages/results/24hour_results.html. Personally I think its asinine to have even designed this race, much less to run it. As a parent, I'm angry, because the young girl should never have been allowed to have been in such close proximity to obvious danger.

After...

"She was cut up and bit pretty good," a police officer, Jean Mills, told the Anchorage Daily News.

The girl was bitten on her head, torso and thigh, and also had a "sucking chest wound" made me laugh.

I know it's not a laughing matter.

A 'sucking chest wound' is when the lung has been punctured from something going through the chest wall from the outside, usually a stab wound, not just a broken rib. So, the lung sucks air in and blows air out through the hole, making it nearly impossible to breathe. Quite nasty. It's not, as it can sound, that the bear gave her a nasty sucking.

Maybe you should try some of the parks and lavatories nearer cities if you want to get bummed.

thanks but no thanks. not really into that sort of thing. still thanks for the offer. :P

not a problem as such in this country. only grizzly thing we have here is the little old man on the corner with the big stick.