"To survive in the bush, guns, whiskey and a good dog can’t be beat."

January 31, 2017 7:29 PM

Meet Kel Sax, Dirtbag Queen
posted by the man of twists and turns (13 comments total)

Could the dog that went after the bear cubs possibly have thought that through? Good Dog.
posted by clew at 8:03 PM on January 31, 2017

Hah!
Spent 10 years in the Yukon, many of them in Faro.
Never met Kel Sax, would have been before my time there, but the territory is replete with characters like her.
Thanks for this.
posted by islander at 8:59 PM on January 31, 2017 [1 favorite]

Hey, those are on my list of required items EVERYWHERE, not just in AK.
posted by bert2368 at 9:26 PM on January 31, 2017 [1 favorite]

Virga, having failed to scare or divert the bear, ran straight at the cubs where they sat in the willows. That got the bear’s attention, and pulled her off Kel and back to her offspring.

Nothing surprises me about dogs, but that's some amazing instinctive pack strategy.
posted by Beholder at 10:55 PM on January 31, 2017 [2 favorites]

"To survive in the bush, guns, whiskey and a good dog can’t be beat."

Water beats all of those, for survival
posted by thelonius at 1:40 AM on February 1, 2017

This article is packed with quotable lines. :)

“Marmots are actually quite tasty if you’re really, really, really hungry.”
posted by Mogur at 5:02 AM on February 1, 2017 [2 favorites]

> "To survive in the bush, guns, whiskey and a good dog can’t be beat."

Water beats all of those, for survival

Holy crap, that's what you came here to say after reading that article?
posted by moody cow at 6:13 AM on February 1, 2017 [4 favorites]

Holy crap, that's what you came here to say after reading that article?
Signs point to "yes"
posted by thelonius at 6:35 AM on February 1, 2017

That's a great article, thanks for posting it.
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:20 AM on February 1, 2017

Water beats all of those, for survival

Water's for posers, pros know oxygen is where it's at.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:41 AM on February 1, 2017 [3 favorites]

I am still wondering how the whole "I was sleeping naked in trees with a bottle of whiskey and a shotgun" thing relates to NOT wanting to learn first aid...
posted by bert2368 at 9:45 AM on February 1, 2017

I am still wondering how the whole "I was sleeping naked in trees with a bottle of whiskey and a shotgun" thing relates to NOT wanting to learn first aid...

I think her intent was to point out that she was not necessarily making the best, or at least not the most forward-thinking choices at that point in her life.
posted by Etrigan at 10:02 AM on February 1, 2017 [1 favorite]

Water beats all of those, for survival

Holy crap, that's what you came here to say after reading that article?

Now maybe I'm overreading but given the context I'm not sure this is actually a banal, threadshitting comment. The article is about an (admittedly awesome sounding) woman who works in the mining and extractive industry, which has historically been a major polluter of waterways. The NoDAPL movement has focused heavily on the threat the pipeline poses to their water supply. The slogan "Water is Life" is used as is the term "Water Protectors". So yeah, Kel Sax is an interesting person, but let's not glorify the mining industry and ignore the threat it poses if left to it's own devices.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 1:03 PM on February 2, 2017