Shabbat shalom!
It’s a busy holiday weekend, so I am ignoring the avalanche of news and the normal JNR posting this week. But, I am too excited to also ignore a relatively new US tradition that kicked off last week and will continue into next week. That would be Fat Bear Week.
Fat Bear Week is an annual online bracket-style competition that celebrates the heft of the brown bears at Katmai’s Brooks Falls. At that waterfall, bears gorge on salmon to pack on the pounds in order to prepare for hibernation. This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the competition, which launched October 2.
I myself admit to a form of human hibernation, turning my focus in the fall to bingeing on Redzone football and the baseball playoffs while consuming mass amounts of chicken wings, Doritos, and other health food snacks in the confines of my comfy chair. Fortunately, no-one is following me around with a camera as they do with the bears in Katmai Brooks Falls. But if they did, here is what might be recorded in the archives of the competition (Sandra, don’t look):
This year’s Fat Bear competition was delayed by a day or two due to one of the male “titans of tonnage” attacking one of the female fur-bearing fatsoes. However, the Fat Bear show must go on, and the competition is now in full swing. I am throwing my vote and a few hundred salmon behind “Chunk”, who has become a mentor and inspiration to my own seasonal heftiness. Check out his before and after profile:
Here is a brief bio on this bulging bear, taken from the Fat Bear website:
Chunk has gained the confidence and ability to take advantage of opportunities not available to most other bears. His low hanging belly and ample hindquarters bear the fruit of his summer success. He excelled this summer in a place where conflict among bears is necessary to maintain rank and access to the most productive fishing spots.
I know you are all probably wondering how to vote in this year’s competition, so here is a quick overview and a link to the voting website.
And here is the link.
Voting is private of course, but the JNR is fully endorsing Chunk and will provide a free subscription to the JNR for all his supporters.
Let’s go Chunk!
Be careful out there. And don’t be afraid to take an extra chicken wing or two.
Brad out.
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