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You should never feel ashamed of what you have, whenever you are around other photographers and their gear. You are a great photographer.

2:19 I notice some photographers feel this way. I think there'll always be a better photo than the one you're seeing. The photos you take are always special because you create them yourself. I never care if others' photos are better than mine. My photos are special to me because I was there at the scene and I created a memory.

I have had two encounter's with bear spray. False sense of security. Good to have but if bear wants you, means nothing. Kills me that people think the wild is a just a zoo.

I'm glad you shared your photos. They're just as good as your more professional photos because they carry a story with them. 🥰Thanks for sharing! 🙂

What an exciting and frightening video. I was on the edge of my seat throughout! I'm very relieved that you were not on the menu. That hike looks as deadly as a close-up grizzly encounter too. You are very brave. The scenery was so beautiful. I think your photographs and video of the grizzly bears are very good. I feel that you have been too hard on yourself. It's a 10 out of 10 from me.

After seeing no bears at all when we went to Canada two years ago I became obsessed with bears, so when we got home I watched loads of bear videos on KZfaq. What I saw made me glad I didn’t see any in Canada! So I’m glad you got your photos after your scary encounter, even if you’re not entirely happy with them! You’re alive and that’s the main thing :)

Thank you for telling us about your experience. You did good on the trail and your pictures of the bear in the huckleberry field are amazing!

I enjoyed this so much! We were just there and didn't get to see a grizzly so I thank you for sharing! Great story and glad you are safe!

Great stuff Nicole. Very gutsy, walking along those icy sheer drops. Oh and of course dealing with a grizzly :-).

Stunningly beautiful hiking trail. Was magical to watch this. Thank you! I'm glad you're both safe.

So you went looking for grizzlies and then stopped in a berry patch and were surprised to see a grizzly? Got it

Wow, what a story! I enjoyed every minute of it and it kept me in suspense. You are an amazing story teller!

The Montana photos are great, because of the story they tell. I have felt the same thing, that being one of a gang of photographers all congregated at a prime watching point is a second-rate experience. Finding you own wildlife, and maybe having it be usually too far away, but sometimes too close, that's the real magic.

that was inspiring Nicole. I have been to Glacier 3 times but never had that encounter before. That trail looked like it was gorgeous. Never been on that one but the scenery was magnificent. You made a good choice concerning the bad weather situation and with the bear encounters. Thank you for sharing that unique experience!

Hey, Nicole! You got good pictures of the bear! It is indeed a scary situation to face a bear close, easy to imagine. I have never seen a bear in the wild here in Finland. Nice video!

Great story and cool photos! Thanks for sharing!

What a story! And very well told 😀 Glad you survived to hike another day.

Wow, amazing story! I'm loving all the videos about your photography adventures :)

Great Video, even without the encounter video, your narration really gave the feel. Really nice...!!

Wow! Icy trail with heights and up close grizzly bears - that is a trail for the brave. Glad you made it out safe!

The short intimate moments with wildlife are worth a million times more than the "Mass produced" moments. Newly Subscribed, keep up the great videos .

How special being lucky enough to see two bears on one hike Nicole. Very pleased you all managed to get back down safely.

That was great, thank you for sharing, and all the photographs were great.

What a wonderful experience! You're a fantastic storyteller Nicole. I would love to get photos like that of a bear. We have quite a few here in Asturias but I've never got as close as that! Think you definitely did the right thing reaching for the bear spray instead of the camera initially! Subscribed!

Nicole I truly loved your video from start to finish! Don't ever put your equipment down or measure yourself up to other photographers. It's all about the moment that you capture with your eyes. You can't ever take that away or play it down. Totally love the story line as well as the cinema photography. I give you * BIG kudos* on the hiking up that mountain! You did the totally right thing and made the right call. Thank goodness it wasn't a mama bear with cubs! If you ever come to Florida I would love to take you and your boyfriend on a swamp walking tour. I also shared your video inside my bear album, we don't have Grizzlies but we have Florida Black Bears and have been getting awesome up close video footage using my trail cameras. Anyways, again keep up these amazing videos!

Love this story , keep on the good work , greetings from Sweden!!

What a great story of your grizzly experience! Seriously, I enjoyed the photos you took--my favorite was the toothy grin of Grizzly#3! That was awesome! He seemed to be smiling!

sometimes the coolest and in this case dangerous things that happen are when we are not expecting it to happen, and I love that. Pictures can never truly define the feeling of that moment no matter how good an image is.

I really enjoyed this hon. Well done.....I've been to glacier a score of visits since 1969 Including one on the trail at cut bank on the east side where two girls had been attacked by brownies and one killed....77 Man so many more folks these days.... I was there two years ago.....fog and rain are common at what I feel is our most scenic park You're lovely....well done Nicole..I'm subscribing

Great vid Nicole....I dont know what was more dangerous....the dicey icey trail or the bear encounter...glad it worked out for you for sure....stay safe out there....!!

Awesome adventure and scenery the bears make that incredible. Love the freedom of being in touch with nature.

Loved this vid. How super exciting. I agree 💯 that seeing so many photos of the same thing (in our area, a barred owl is being shared by 100s right now) I totally lose my motivation 😢 to even go shoot

I was there last year in Yellowstone and I was also able to catch that grizzly with its bull elk kill. It was an awesome experience but also humbling to see all those crazy expensive lens kits 😅 Awesome video! Glad y'all made it out unharmed

Brilliant video. SOOOO glad you guys had bear-spray, I was beginning to think you might not. Oh, and I'm glad it's not just me that misses the best potential video because I just turned the camera off or it ran out of power. I am not normally suspicious but I make an exception when it comes to the video gremilins who wait for such moments!

I really enjoyed watching this thank you greetings from the UK

What a great story and experience. Enjoyed it very much.

Love the video and the photos 😊

Fantastic photos. Fantastic experiences. Grizzlies are magnificent creatures, aren’t they? Thank you 🙏 for sharing your experiences. I was too scared to take that trail in Glacier. We watched grizzlies from the safety of the Lodge at Many Glacier Hotel. That was my thrill of a lifetime! 💜

Who knew a frozen huckleberry field would save your life from a grizzly attack. It makes sense to me.

Found your channel whilst researching sigma 150-600 videos (reviews etc) and this one popped up too, must have been a wild experience - definitely want to be at the long end of the zoom for grizzlies! And also shows the lens is ok in those conditions too 👍

She said that she was disappointed that the bear was looking down because it was eating, and I was like the hell, it's still way better than him staring at you and having you for the dinner.

Great story, great shots!

Gorgeous photos and awesome unforgettable story

Awesome 👍My favorite photos are the Montana set, because of your fun and exciting story telling. Let's do this again. Cheers

"what do you go for? The camera ? or the bearspray? " If you go for the camera you go on National Geographic, if you go for the bearspray you stay alive.... it's a matter of priorities ;)

I thought- I haven't heard from Nicole Glass for a while, looked your channel up and watched this! You were not far from where I live! I've been in this area for a quarter century and you've seen more grizzly bears than I have! Great shots of the mountains. Very tricky hiking when those trails ice up, any pool of water or moisture freezes and becomes dangerous.You made the right decision not to continue through. All it takes is one slip to ruin your weekend or your life. Great video. I liked the journalism angle of showing the crowd of photographers taking their bear photos with the incredible equipment they've lugged from the car to roadside. Thank you for posting! (Only 4,ooo subscribers to 30K!)

Have you seen all the amazing bear and wildlife images on Instagram etc. No image is worth risking your life for especially nowadays when very few people are even getting paid for wildlife photography. Stay safe

All rightie then!!! I'm an avid hiker but when it comes to meeting up with a bear on the trail, watching your video is as close to one as I want to get. Especially since my small dog and I hike alone. Whew! So happy you came out of this in one piece. An Oregon nomad 🌲❤🐶😽❤🌲

Really enjoyed this!

Very nice video, thanks for sharing 😁👍

Great job! Life changing experience!

Great story, beautiful scenery, I love my new Sigma 150-600 lens !

Wow 😳 You sure are brave. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoyed your Vidio and pictures!! Beautiful scenery and you are a good story teller. Your Vidio and pictures are special!

I think they’re great photos! And you’re safe! Congrats!

what a positive story about bear encounters. I went down the trail yesterday. I skipped the glacier overlook part of the hike as my legs started cramping. I walked out of the trial as the last person taking close to 4 hours on return with almost sunset and totally isolated. I feel incredibly lucky, after hearing about your experience! makes me rethink my life - what if I encountered a grizzly when i am limping and alone on the hike with a bear spray in hand. Thanks, Nicole !

Super cool story! It reminded me of my own trip to Siberia this summer) Being one to one with nature and observing survival instincts raising in yourself

Nice pictures with the story you have shared.

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks.

Thank you for that awesome story

Thanks for Sharing! Going to yellowstone this year.

Love how at 0:45, she says "Four grizzly bears", and holds up three fingers. Too cute. :) Bear 1: What a great opportunity to see a bear being a bear. How rare is it to have such an insight? Bear 2: Looking down at the people on the trail and thinking "Naw, there's nothing down there I want to eat badly enough to walk all the way down there." Bear 3: Lots of photographs of bears are too tight. They show lots of bear, but no context. I love that her photos show the setting around the bear as well. Bear 4: People sometimes don't realize that bears don't want to expend energy any more than people do. They use trails just like we do. The bear obviously had no ill intent - it was just traveling to the berry patch. Four bears in a couple of days -- stunning stuff. Thanks for sharing!

Great video! Bear spray has an effective range of 30 feet and longer with the premium stuff so you should have sprayed the grizz when it’s that close. I’m a Yellowstone Ecosystem bear and wildlife photographer and was actually in Hayden Valley when that grizzly was munching on the bull elk across the river. Making noise isn’t always the best approach when you’re photographing bears, in opposition to just hiking and no wanting to see any of these beautiful brutes. But getting them to know where you are is. Usually walking slow, watching where you are in relation to plant growth (berries), dead kills (animal carcasses), or sagebrush areas. Usually talking to a bear calmly is better than shouting and posing yourself as a threat. The huckleberry field should have been a red flag for encountering bears and I often try to find huckleberry or salmonberry fields to look for bears. Bears and wildlife often use hiking trails to navigate around just like we do. And you have a great lens; I regularly use a Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 on my Sony a7iii and crop in a bit in Lightroom. Next time you come to Yellowstone, check out the Slough Creek Trail in the northeast section, which has numerous grizzlies. For grizzly and black bear knowledge when hiking or photography, read Stephen Herrero’s book Bear Attacks: Causes and Avoidance. And your work is awesome so keep it up!

Great footage and looked like an awesome trip!

Loved this video, especially the encounter. I am getting my 150-600 Sigma C today and am looking forward to get some good shots of whatever :) Btw you guys also use Peak Design gear, does your 150-600mm fit in the Everyday Backpack?

I love in rural NW Montana and recently had a Grizzly pass through my property while the dogs and I were out. Most fortunately we were more then 100 yards apart from the bear, . My youngest Shepard began to run towards it barking up a storm, I screamed to him to get come back, the bear turned and began slowly walking towards my dogs approach. He was probably thinking that lunch was delivering itself. All of a sudden my dog stopped turned tail and flew back up to the house and the bear turned back and continued on in the direction of the lake. In twenty years that is my only sighting, and I’m so glad it was distant and had a good ending. We get mostly fox and wolves because of our chickens, and even then it’s not often. I learned a saying Montanians have, one dog is “dinner”, two dogs is a deterrent. Glad you survived to tell the tale.

Amazing experience. I’m super happy for you.

Wow- what an experience! You all are quite brave 😎

Thanks for sharing. I shoot with the same lens as you and love it. And yes, I have put away my GoPro before the fun began. Thanks!

Yo, great story! Glad everyone ended up being safe.

Loved your narrated story. I was in Yellowstone to see the Grizzly on the river. Incredible. My camera battery had just died before I saw the bear. I do profesional video. What a great adventure you had. I really wanted to see a grizzly bear while I was there, and felt lucky to see this guy.

One l love your camera work and thank you for all the scenery shots it’s so beautiful there, two wow why wouldn’t you put yours up l for one would have liked to have seen them, three lm so glad your alive and able to tell the tail of your grizzle episodes truely owesome l couldn’t an l know what you did is amazing but l couldn’t, thank you so much for your story and beautiful films

You guys did the right thing when it came to the last bear. we hiked to mount siyeh summit and yes to see two bears on the same hike in glacier is quite common. we saw 7 in the rock scree. my only recommendation is always make noise on the trail not just after you see one close to you. don’t whistle sounds like pray. also everyone in the group needs their own bear spray too often are people not standing right next to someone with bear spray and half the time the other hiker is in the direct spray zone or down wind. beautiful pictures. if you would ever like to get pictures of grizzly’s safely i’d be glad to take a group up to the siyeh pass trail. then up the scree slide to the bears flipping rocks looking for mountain months. happy trails

love your videos:)

Your life is definitely more important than a good pic! I'm glad you all made it out okay. Tha being said, those photos are incredible :D

Epic landscapes and bears love it.

🤩 wow. What a hike‼️ I went to photo 📷 school in Missoula Montana. Experience of a lifetime. Just a note, you can rent any lens your heart ♥️ desires. Kindred spirit sitting 🪑 in the cornfields of the Midwest feeling a road trip comin on strong. Stay safe, enjoy the journey.

Very interesting! Thank you😁🐶

Love your video. What a great story👍 what time of the year did you go?

Thanks for sharing. You did a good job with the video. I greatly desire to photograph a grizzly bear in the wild. From a distance. Lol. I’m going to hidden lake trail, just as you did. Keep up the good work girl

Really awesome video

Thanks for sharing. No bears in the mediterranean island of Menorca. But we are proud of the brown bear population on the north-west of Spain. All my life I did (and and I do) dream of visiting Montana and Wyoming. Great story, thanks, I'll keep an eye on your work 👍🙏

Hey amazing footage!

What extraordinarily lucky people you are.

I love your content.

Photos are great! And a great adventure!! Good for u

I thank God you guys safely made it back. I'm not into hiking or being in the wild but I enjoyed watching your video. The Lord bless you and stay safe.

Very cool video!!!

"Not the best photos"??? This is all amazing!

Good job! Thanks

really cool sightings

I have watched three videos of this particular trail and ridge and in every single one of them the hikers came face to face with a grizzly. I can't believe this trail is a real place where this is allowed to occur. Seems like a disaster waiting to happen. The bears always seem to be right around a corner or right on the trail. Anyway thanks for sharing love the storytelling and imagery!

Thanks for having the presence of mind to know to turn around and not cause injury or worse. And keeping search and rescue teams safe. So not worth it to crawl to end point .

Wow! Great adventure!

Beautiful bear and scenery. Nature is so special.

YOU have them and your LIFE! that is stil 4 more real photos than I have. GOOD FOR YOU

Great story! I'll be in that area next week... though I hope I don't have A Close Encounter of the Grizzly Kind. 🤞 Keep up the good work!

Thank you for sharing, god bless and stay safe

Amazing trek! Love the bear stories, and bear pictures! Both of you should carry bear spray though, just a suggestion