Meet Dave Salmoni-The Next Moron To Be Eaten By A Wild Animal
Let me apologize right off the bat for digressing from great gear but sometimes I just can't keep from commenting on the things I see.
Sure, he is cute now with his dorsal fin haircut and wife beater T but just wait 'til he gets mauled.
I got several messages last night alerting me to a new TV show that was on Animal Planet about Grizzly bears. The host was a guy named Dave Salmoni who apparently is the next in line to achieve fortune and fame by tempting both fate and wild, dangerous animals.
Now, I know a little something about danger and risk and I know some other people that know a lot about those things because they do it every day. One skid insertions at night in the mountains, cutting ventilation holes on the roofs of burning buildings, avalanche patrol, bomb squad duty, swiftwater rescues, combat medivac missions, clearing IEDs. You know what I am talking about. Dangerous things that have to be done because they are necessary not just because they are dangerous. So it really chaps my ass when I see guys like this throw comfort and safety out the window and flaunt their arrogance in the face of lions and tigers and bears for fun, fame and profit. It's either phony or stupid. I wrote about Timothy Treadwell, who in my opinion was both, in an earlier article on this site called Bear With Me.
Well, either Mr. Salmoni didn't read the piece very closely or he doesn't place much value on his life because in this program he actually retraces Treadwells ill fated steps in Alaska. Supposedly with no more protection than a can of bear spray and a flare, (which is more than Treadwell carried) he sits on a beach with hungry Grizzlies walking back and forth no more than 10 feet away. Incredible.
Here is Dave playing with a big lovable kitty cat.
Here is Dave with some other pets. My, what big teeth you have.
Dave with his friend the Grizzly bear.
Ah, a bull elephant. What is that Dave, 20 feet maybe?
Some put it all on the line to protect and serve. This guy does it for the sake of good TV and, of course, the thrill. It is not bravery. It is not talent. It is not even sporting. Sorry Dave, I am not impressed.
When one of these magnificent animals finally thrills you to death and has to be put down, I will feel bad...for the animal.
Wade Nelson
Editor
Sure, he is cute now with his dorsal fin haircut and wife beater T but just wait 'til he gets mauled.
I got several messages last night alerting me to a new TV show that was on Animal Planet about Grizzly bears. The host was a guy named Dave Salmoni who apparently is the next in line to achieve fortune and fame by tempting both fate and wild, dangerous animals.
Now, I know a little something about danger and risk and I know some other people that know a lot about those things because they do it every day. One skid insertions at night in the mountains, cutting ventilation holes on the roofs of burning buildings, avalanche patrol, bomb squad duty, swiftwater rescues, combat medivac missions, clearing IEDs. You know what I am talking about. Dangerous things that have to be done because they are necessary not just because they are dangerous. So it really chaps my ass when I see guys like this throw comfort and safety out the window and flaunt their arrogance in the face of lions and tigers and bears for fun, fame and profit. It's either phony or stupid. I wrote about Timothy Treadwell, who in my opinion was both, in an earlier article on this site called Bear With Me.
Well, either Mr. Salmoni didn't read the piece very closely or he doesn't place much value on his life because in this program he actually retraces Treadwells ill fated steps in Alaska. Supposedly with no more protection than a can of bear spray and a flare, (which is more than Treadwell carried) he sits on a beach with hungry Grizzlies walking back and forth no more than 10 feet away. Incredible.
Here is Dave playing with a big lovable kitty cat.
Here is Dave with some other pets. My, what big teeth you have.
Dave with his friend the Grizzly bear.
Ah, a bull elephant. What is that Dave, 20 feet maybe?
Some put it all on the line to protect and serve. This guy does it for the sake of good TV and, of course, the thrill. It is not bravery. It is not talent. It is not even sporting. Sorry Dave, I am not impressed.
When one of these magnificent animals finally thrills you to death and has to be put down, I will feel bad...for the animal.
Wade Nelson
Editor
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