This drives me crazy, he got all popular afterwards and even wrote a book I think, but what really happened is he escaped Darwin that day. He didn't even tell anyone he was going out.Running Arrow Bill wrote:Then there was the hiker couple of years back that was rock climbing alone and fell & locked his arm in a crevace. After several days he cut his own arm off so he could escape.
Now I have been on countless backpacking treks before I got my CHL and never carried a gun on any of them, for one because when you are doing a 50 mile trek in the mountains you wouldn't want to carry a single bullet let alone a gun, its just to heavy. I never really worried about bears or other wild animals, store your food and stuff away from where you camp and you will be fine, unless you are up north. I believe in the Boy Scout motto, but there are a lot of things to be prepared for like how I once had to carry all my gear and my buddy gear, let me tell you that was a long day and I would not have wanted the extra weight of a gun. However at the same time there are some trails I would not touch without having a gun.