A new fear has just been unlocked in me. No, I've gotten over spiders and heights and all manner of talking in front of a crowd. Those aren't it. Rather, I now have the distinct fear of riding some of the backcountry trails I love to blaze and hit a bear square on.
Deer? Sure, I've thought about it. Moose, hell yeah, they're around and known as murder stilts. But hitting a bear, even the more docile of the bear family, i.e. a black bear, has to be one of the scariest moments of a rider's life. You're not just going down onto the ground hard, but you're hitting the rocks and dirt and then contending with doing your best not to get eaten alive or mauled by a pissed off, likely hurt, teddy bear with big-ass claws and teeth.
And that's exactly what happened to one rider as they were off-roading one of the forest service roads near the Magruder Road Corridor in Central Idaho. You gotta watch the video below.
