This man survived a grizzly bear attack. Here’s how.

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Q: Did you have an overwhelming feeling that you were going to die? What was going through your mind during the incident?

A: I’m going to give a longer answer than you would probably expect for this question. It’s really strange. I spent the entire summer hiking and climbing in the northern Rockies, mostly in Montana. The best days of my life. All summer long, I gave the same message to everyone I climbed and hiked with. I looked at her and said something like, “We are so lucky and should be so grateful that we can do these things. Life is so amazing. Some people will never experience this because their body won’t allow it.” . Our bodies may change one day and we will never be able to do this again. So let’s remember how incredibly lucky we are and how grateful we should be.

I have always said this with a good heart. When I was little, my mother introduced me to climbing, hiking and nature. When I was in high school, she developed cancer and eventually passed away. But I remember the bitter years of watching my vibrant mother stuck at home and dying in bed. I told myself that I would always be grateful for every sane second I got on this earth.

But when I told people that, a part of me knew deep down that my body would change or that I would lose the ability to do these things. I know this might just sound crazy. But that’s exactly what was going through my mind. However, I never thought I would die. I just knew something was going to happen at the end of the summer.

There was a split second during the incident where I thought, “Am I dying here? I’m going to die now.’ But something just pushed me forward, maybe it was adrenaline, but I just had this overwhelming urge to do it. It was just pure will. However, during the incident, my mental state became incredibly exhausted as the hours passed. Every bird I heard, every squirrel, every noise in the forest or on the mountain was a different bear. I may have only encountered one, but my brain has seen a million.