Pork Chops...and the Grizzly Bear - story from 'More Tales form Cabin 14'

"In my opinion, when it comes to the various characters I have met along the way, he was one of the most interesting and colourful of the lot. Hartley was the quintessential "bush" pilot. He could fly just about any type of "bush" plane that you could name - and would tell you that all the romantic stuff about flying in the bush was pretty much all crap, because in reality, it was mostly hard work and at times very boring.

Hartley was also just about the most miserable old bastard you would ever care to meet.

….when Hartley finished tossing all of our gear and food onto the shore at McGill Bay, no one dared to ask why there was a fifty pound box of pork chops mixed in with our stuff. We figured that it was actually bound for the north shore outpost camp, which was Hartley’s next stop, but because of the real risk that calling his attention to it would cause his normally bad mood to deteriorate even further, and, not really being all that enamoured with the prospect of having to walk, rather than fly the 100 miles back to the lodge at the end of the week, no one said a word…"

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