nonot wrote:The time from you seeing a mountain lion running at you, unholster your weapon, hoo hoo poker it,

Striker fire. If I am wrestling, it gives me a chance.

Does someone make a light weight lightning avoidance device? I'd take that along too!

In response to napalm:
http://hikearizona.com/t2008/11/22/4852 ... 298-03.jpg
In a pocket in my pack's hipbelt in a IWB holster.

I do not think there is a good alternitive, if a firearm is needed. I have carried my sidearm (compact S&W 45) in the Sedona wilderness (http://hikearizona.com/t2008/11/22/48529-6697_1227369298-03.jpg) tucked into my packs hip belt pocket. I was told that there were mountian lions in the area, s...