Recently, I was in a conversation with several young adults about their favorite outdoor spots in Oregon. They were new to the area, and new to outdoor recreation.
It was a passing-the-time kind of discussion, with no real focus, and so the group aimlessly veered toward listing some of the dangers they perceived waited for them in the outdoors. One said bears, another said cougars, a third said rattlesnakes and even one said wolves.
I…
