Hark | Interlude 2 | Hey Bear

Sometimes we have to be loud when we want to be quiet. 

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Episode Transcript

Amy Martin: Hey Bear. (00:04):
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Amy Martin: I'm in Glacier National Park. (00:09):
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Amy Martin: I'm walking out from Siyeh (00:12):
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Amy Martin: Pass. (00:14):
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Amy Martin: This is one of my favorite (00:16):
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Amy Martin: hikes in the park. (00:17):
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Amy Martin: And a couple (00:18):
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Amy Martin: of miles back, I (00:20):
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Amy Martin: had the- (00:23):
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Amy Martin: hey bear!- (00:25):
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Amy Martin: the lovely surprise and (00:27):
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Amy Martin: somewhat dangerous situation of (00:30):
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Amy Martin: seeing two (00:32):
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Amy Martin: grizzly bear moms and (00:34):
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Amy Martin: three cubs. (00:36):
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Amy Martin: And I just walked over a big (00:38):
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Amy Martin: pile of bear scat. (00:39):
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Amy Martin: Hey bear. (00:42):
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Amy Martin: So (00:47):
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Amy Martin: I have this funny (00:51):
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Amy Martin: experience of coming to this (00:53):
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Amy Martin: place that I (00:55):
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Amy Martin: love (00:56):
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Amy Martin: and just soaking in the quiet (00:58):
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Amy Martin: and loving it. (01:00):
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Amy Martin: And then I need to be loud (01:02):
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Amy Martin: for safety purposes. (01:05):
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Amy Martin: But it's no joke. (01:09):
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Amy Martin: Yelling "Hey Bear" saves lives. (01:11):
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Amy Martin: I'm going to do it (01:12):
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Amy Martin: right now. (01:14):
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Amy Martin: Hey Bear. (01:15):
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Amy Martin: Because if you surprise them and (01:18):
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Amy Martin: they charge you or hurt you, (01:20):
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Amy Martin: it's very (01:21):
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Amy Martin: likely that bear is going to (01:23):
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Amy Martin: get killed. (01:24):
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Amy Martin: And of course, you might get (01:25):
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Amy Martin: killed. (01:26):
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Amy Martin: Neither option (01:27):
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Amy Martin: is ideal. (01:29):
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Amy Martin: Hey Bear. (01:31):
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Amy Martin: It's so funny. (01:37):
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Amy Martin: Just because we're so loud, I'm (01:37):
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Amy Martin: so loud. (01:39):
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Amy Martin: Moving around my daily life in (01:40):
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Amy Martin: a car. (01:42):
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Amy Martin: All the many things I do (01:43):
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Amy Martin: that are just modern (01:45):
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Amy Martin: human noise making. (01:47):
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Amy Martin: And here, (01:49):
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Amy Martin: where I'm at my quietest, here (01:51):
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Amy Martin: it's like, (01:54):
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Amy Martin: shout! (01:56):
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Amy Martin: Make some noise! (01:58):
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Amy Martin: And although it annoys (02:01):
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Amy Martin: me to have to (02:03):
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Amy Martin: do this, (02:05):
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Amy Martin: there's something I think (02:06):
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Amy Martin: that's also interesting (02:07):
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Amy Martin: about it. (02:09):
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Amy Martin: Here we are in this place where (02:12):
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Amy Martin: as much as possible (02:14):
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Amy Martin: the animal's needs are (02:17):
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Amy Martin: in the forefront (02:19):
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Amy Martin: and we have to adapt around (02:21):
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Amy Martin: them. (02:22):
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Amy Martin: I have to discipline myself (02:24):
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Amy Martin: to the place and to (02:26):
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Amy Martin: the animals in the place. (02:27):
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Amy Martin: I have to (02:29):
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Amy Martin: do something (02:30):
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Amy Martin: that I would prefer not to do. (02:32):
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Amy Martin: For all of our good, (02:34):
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Amy Martin: mine, theirs, other hikers. (02:36):
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Amy Martin: Hey Bear. (02:37):
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Amy Martin: It makes me so, like, (02:44):
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Amy Martin: hyper aware of my noise, (02:45):
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Amy Martin: hyper aware of when I'm being (02:47):
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Amy Martin: quiet. (02:49):
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Amy Martin: What would it be like if every (02:51):
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Amy Martin: time I (02:52):
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Amy Martin: added noise to a place (02:53):
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Amy Martin: I was super (02:56):
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Amy Martin: aware of it? (02:58):
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Amy Martin: Like I am with all this (02:59):
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Amy Martin: hey-bearing. Hey Bear. (03:00):
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Amy Martin: It's so hard to imagine what (03:09):
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Amy Martin: that would be like because (03:10):
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Amy Martin: it's so (03:12):
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Amy Martin: not (03:14):
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Amy Martin: the experience that I normally (03:16):
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Amy Martin: have. (03:17):
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Amy Martin: There's an airplane. (03:20):
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Amy Martin: Hey there. Are you headed up to (03:37):
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Amy Martin: the pass? (03:38):
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Hiker: Yeah. (03:39):
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Amy Martin: It's been a while now, but I (03:40):
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Amy Martin: ran into 2 sows and 3 cubs. (03:41):
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Hiker: Cool. (03:45):
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Amy Martin: Yeah, it was very cool. (03:45):
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Amy Martin: A little too close for comfort. (03:47):
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Hiker: Yeah. (03:48):
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Amy Martin: They're going the other way. (03:48):
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Amy Martin: Just make a lot of noise. (03:50):
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Hiker: Okay. Thanks for the heads up. (03:51):
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Amy Martin: Yeah. Have fun. (03:53):
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