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Originally posted by tendrams:
This thread reminds me of when there was that mall shooting in Nairobi and I had family calling to see if I was OK.....even though I live in Egypt.

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Originally posted by jeff h:
Thanks for all the info. I have a chance to go with a ph friend of mine from SA. He will be hunting to and knows the drill. I am pretty sure SA flies there from Joe-burg now. Unless I see it is in Cam. Think I will give it a whirle. Don't know if I would get the chance again.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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Originally posted by jeff h:
Thanks for all the info. I have a chance to go with a ph friend of mine from SA. He will be hunting to and knows the drill. I am pretty sure SA flies there from Joe-burg now. Unless I see it is in Cam. Think I will give it a whirle. Don't know if I would get the chance again.

Go for it. I can't believe how chicken hearted some people in here are.

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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Originally posted by jeff h:
Thanks for all the info. I have a chance to go with a ph friend of mine from SA. He will be hunting to and knows the drill. I am pretty sure SA flies there from Joe-burg now. Unless I see it is in Cam. Think I will give it a whirle. Don't know if I would get the chance again.

Go for it. I can't believe how chicken hearted some people in here are.

I'm certain this comment was aimed at myself.

Chicken hearted? Try hauling your fat ass up and down the brooks range for 10 days with everything on your back. Or how about Sudanese elephant poachers in CAR. Or accidentally crossing into Congo and being held at gunpoint for 12 hours. Or try riding a bicycle from Canada to Mexico, bivied at night alone and unarmed in Grizzly country. (I was unable to finish the race)

You have no clue Gatogorda.

Here's a comment from Tarzan, AKA Jdollar.

looks like fun but i am not sure i would be sitting in waist deep water in a river with piranhas! if you put together a group AR trip next year, i would definitely be interested.

This was from a fishing report I wrote.

He fears harmless Pirahna's but has no fear of Ebloa, and you have the balls to call me chicken hearted?

The glaring hypocrisy of some people here is amazing. Perhaps you should go have a look in the mirror, prior to judging others, whom take their medical safety and that of others more seriously than casually telling everyone what a badass you are and how chicken hearted those with trepidation are.

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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Originally posted by jeff h:
Thanks for all the info. I have a chance to go with a ph friend of mine from SA. He will be hunting to and knows the drill. I am pretty sure SA flies there from Joe-burg now. Unless I see it is in Cam. Think I will give it a whirle. Don't know if I would get the chance again.

Go for it. I can't believe how chicken hearted some people in here are.

I'm certain this comment was aimed at myself.

Chicken hearted? Try hauling your fat ass up and down the brooks range for 10 days with everything on your back. Or how about Sudanese elephant poachers in CAR. Or accidentally crossing into Congo and being held at gunpoint for 12 hours. Or try riding a bicycle from Canada to Mexico, bivied at night alone and unarmed in Grizzly country. (I was unable to finish the race)

You have no clue Gatogorda.

Here's a comment from Tarzan, AKA Jdollar.

looks like fun but i am not sure i would be sitting in waist deep water in a river with piranhas! if you put together a group AR trip next year, i would definitely be interested.

This was from a fishing report I wrote.

He fears harmless Pirahna's but has no fear of Ebloa, and you have the balls to call me chicken hearted?

The glaring hypocrisy of some people here is amazing. Perhaps you should go have a look in the mirror, prior to judging others, whom take their medical safety and that of others more seriously than casually telling everyone what a badass you are and how chicken hearted those with trepidation are.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by tendrams:
This thread reminds me of when there was that mall shooting in Nairobi and I had family calling to see if I was OK.....even though I live in Egypt.

Exactly what it's like to live in Alaska with relatives watching the news in the lower 48.

"Did you feel the Earthquake?"

Ah, that was in Attu, it would be like feeling an earthquake in California when you live in New York.

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Originally posted by Trax:
White hunters of the past had to dodge German patrols,risk themselves & their native porters/helpers being slaughtered by waring rival tribes,
risk not being able to seek good medical treatment in event of mishap,do without modern communication, etc.

My how soft the modern day white hunter has become....

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My advise is avoid West Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania and seriously consider Zambia as your next destination,

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Originally posted by Biebs:

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My advise is avoid West Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania and seriously consider Zambia as your next destination,

There's Andrew with some sage advice! :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Yes, a month to go and we'll be staring at Mt McKinley every morning when we get up!

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Yes, a month to go and we'll be staring at Mt McKinley every morning when we get up!

Statistically 1 in 7 days if you're lucky. Hope you didn't charge Mike extra for the "Denali Package" there Darth Blaser.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
like Jim said, about 1 in 7 days- lot less down in the SE

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

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Originally posted by jdollar:
like Jim said, about 1 in 7 days- lot less down in the SE

Biebs - you told me I could hunt in shorts !!!!

I hate the cold and the rain.

Mike

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

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Originally posted by jdollar:
like Jim said, about 1 in 7 days- lot less down in the SE

Biebs - you told me I could hunt in shorts !!!!

I hate the cold and the rain.


Mike

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Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:
I go to west africa several times each year, will also continue to do so.

Hi Anton,
I used to fly to Cabo almost every month for fishing. A cheap and short 1:45 flight from Phoenix.

I haven't gone since the cartels have made Mexico "less than desirable."

Now, I fly over Mexico going to South America and will continue to hunt Africa, yearly. I will just fly over West Africa getting to East Africa.

I hear you Steve, but as with everything else you need to calculate the risks. For you getting Ebola in Africa and die, I can count 1000 things that probably is not more deadlier but you are more likely to die from it Did that come out right haha

Im actually in a slow process of making plans of driving from Sweden to Burkina with my Defender.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by A.Dahlgren:
I go to west africa several times each year, will also continue to do so.

Hi Anton,
I used to fly to Cabo almost every month for fishing. A cheap and short 1:45 flight from Phoenix.

I haven't gone since the cartels have made Mexico "less than desirable."

Now, I fly over Mexico going to South America and will continue to hunt Africa, yearly. I will just fly over West Africa getting to East Africa.

I hear you Steve, but as with everything else you need to calculate the risks. For you getting Ebola in Africa and die, I can count 1000 things that probably is not more deadlier but you are more likely to die from it Did that come out right haha

Im actually in a slow process of making plans of driving from Sweden to Burkina with my Defender.

No worries then. A Landrover will never make it.

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Originally posted by Wink:
As someone who works in West Africa and travels there frequently, and has several hundred staff working in West Africa, I might add that unless you are in an outbreak area (maps are available) or decide to visit a hospital where Ebola victims are being treated, your risks are almost zero at the present time. Avoid eating bush meat, which by the way is how most of the outbreaks start, then spreading because of the cultural behaviour related to the handling of sick and dead relatives (not because you are flying economy class on Cameroon Airlines).

I would also add that contracting malaria remains a much higher risk, has been killing and debilitating for years and continues to kill far more people than Ebola probably ever will.

Perhaps we've gotten over our fear of malaria? I contracted a strain of typhoid when I lived in Bouar in the Central African Republic (nearly killed me), hepatitis when I lived in Burkina Faso and have had so many parasites that a minor case of diarrhea seems to be a normal state.

The disease is real but the panic is not justified. The absence of limes for gin and tonics has a higher place in my preoccupations concerning African travel.