Climber Gets Attacked by a Bear and Nearly Falls Off a Cliff in an Epic, Unbelievable Fist Fight

Human beings are born with an inate sense of danger that usually manifests in the form of primal fears. Some of the main primal fears are pretty simple. 

1. Fear of the dark
2. Fear of spiders
3. Fear of being mauled by a bear on a mountainside and risking either falling over the edge of the cliff or being torn apart by the 4inch nails and/or teeth of a merciless, 400lb predator.

You know, all the classic primal fears.

One man was climbing a mountain alone when this exact fear became a reality. Honestly, without the video there is really no way that anyone would believe this story. He was out scaling a cliffside in the wilds when he heard a sound. As he turned his head towards the noise, his helmet camera, which he fortunately had recording, caught sight of an enormous black bear racing towards him from above. 

As the bear's figure becomes more clear, he's already on top of the climber, charging at him with all his weight and force, knocking both of them backwards towards the cliffs edge.

The climber rears back to avoid tumbling to his doom below, narrowly escaping the clenching jaws of the bear as he redirects the bears momentum past him. The bear, probably stunned by the sudden lack of footing, gets tossed to a ledge below, only about 10ft from the dangling boots of the climber. 

He stares up at his adversary, squaring his burly furry shoulders towards the climber, no doubt sizing him up for a second attack. The climber shouts a guttural scream down at the bear and as he charges a second time, aiming for his exposed legs, the climber punches the bears snout and bellows in his face. 

The climber gets not one, but TWO punches in, following up with a swift boot kick to the face. The bear sits back and assesses his foe, surprised at his worthiness in this fight and probably envying the higher ground that the climber is utilizing to his advantage. Obviously defeated, and probably deterred by the man's continued bellowing, the bear skitters to all fours and makes his way away from the man, looking for escape down the cliff face. 

It looks like this climber lives to tell the tale of how he bested a black bear in a fist fight while dangling from a cliff. Not many can boast that kind of success. I hope he gets free beers at every bar he tells this story in…. for life.