Actually this is a could be horror story. While a lot of the VFP adventurers were trying to return home from DevCon, I spend Saturday on a hike in the Rocky Mountains.
As my son said to my wife when we got home.
"Mom, I know what to get Dad for Father's Day!"
"What?"
"Another can of Bear Spray!"
If you're at all interested in the rest of this true-to-life story, you will find it at
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/blucas/grizzly.htmI suppose the link kind of gives some of the story away. I hope you don't mind this totally off topic posting.