> Two friends were backpacking in Alaska when they spotted a Polar Bear
> approaching about 300 yards away. One of the hikers took off his
> backpack, removed his boots and put on his running shoes.   The other
> hiker said: "Are you crazy. You can't out run that bear."   The one
> putting on his running shoes said.  "I don't need to out run the bear.
> I only need to out run you."
> (-:

Then the second backpacker put on his racing snowshoes and said, that'll be
a might hard to do in the snow with those city-slicker shoes. :P 

Hi folks, just popped in on the forum and couldn't resist replying to that
one.