My friend and I are having this debate about whether it is possible to outrun a grizzly bear. Given a hypothetical situation where you are forced to flee from a grizzly in the wild, is it possible to escape. My friends stance is that any condition and on any terrain a grizzly will catch you no matter what! He says that grizzlies are Superior to humans in every athletic aspect, I know a grizzly bear has a much higher top speed than a human (30+ mph) but my argument is that humans are more agile and have better acceleration than bears.. For instance i find it possible, that if being chased, you can zig and zag and give your self a chance to escape, But constently forcing the bear to stop and change directions, i dont think he can reach his top speed to track you down... I was wondering what everyone else thinks, and if anyone has had any first hand encounters or stories of escaping from a bear by plain outrunning the thing...
for example, if you threw barry sanders into the wild with a bear in his prime, i think barry sanders could juke the shit out of the bear and get away but constently changing directions and accelerating away ... I know Barry Sanders is a one of a kind human athlete, but i'm just trying to prove that it is possible, how unlikely it may seem.