Hiking in bear country can be exciting and incredibly rewarding, but too often people bring a built up and irrational fear of bears into the backcountry with them, which not only ruins the experience for themselves, but also other hikers around them. Keep watching to learn what to do and not do while hiking in bear country, as well as why you really don't need to worry about bears to begin with.

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