Thank you for that thi9elsp, while I'm sure we'd enjoy each other's company in person I must bemusedly express concern with your concern. I'll blame the disconnect online.
To quell your fears, I'm going to go out on a limb and surmise you haven't spent much time on the fjords in the BC coast- though perhaps you have and I'd seek your solutions. I grew up here and there isn't a place with an angle less than 30 degrees that doesn't see water flow over it at some point of the year, our terrain goes straight up from the valley floor in sheer rock. Challenging place to pitch tents. We hunt in Sept for bears for this reason, the season opens Sept 1 and we were in there three days early to have our scouting well done and be ready to shoot our bear on day one, or two. We got ours on day two. Should the river rise too much, as they often do, we get in the jet boat beside camp and retreat to the ocean. The nice thing about flooded rivers is the riverboating routes have expanded infinitely.
British Columbia on the North coast, or our neighbours in Alaska, don't enjoy completely safe hunting I'll readily admit. In fact climatically this is the most hazardous place in the world to hunt, with temperatures in the "death zone" just above freezing and drenching wet the vast majority of the time. I fly helicopters for the day job, and fight the weather in that too- there's no escaping it, this is BC. You'll see ten waterfalls dropping a couple thousand feet feeding the river you're sleeping beside from the tent door and watch them grow as the rain pounds louder. Our agreement contains a lengthy disclaimer half the contract long clients must read and sign regarding just the climate, and wildlife concerns. The bears will brush your tent at night, the weather will do its best to break your spirit and camp, and we always have a hell of a hunt.
Many outfitters avoid the North Coast due to these challenges and concerns, in fact despite having the best bears and goats in the region my territory was priced cheaper due to these challenges. You're on your own out here, and require expensive gear- river jet boats, aircraft, large boats for the ocean, and the best camp gear money can buy. If you're from the BC coast, all this is normal and reads as adventure. If you live in a more comfortable setting somewhere tamed admittedly it can be alarming. Quite realistically, I respect those of your concerns this is not a place to come for them. Without trying to wind this into some mystical land of danger, but instead responding as frankly as possible to your concern, yes it's hazardous here. That's part of the reason people come.
I've had experienced people beaten by the weather and terrain here, it certainly isn't Africa. We have less organisational challenges and many more climatic and terrain related ones. It's a challenge I'll face season after season here, and the name I chose reflects that. We're on the Wild Coast. Should you come out with us, you'd likely be very glad to return home if safe is #1 in your criteria and I would suggest other regions and hunt styles if that's the goal. I honestly appreciate the opportunity to discuss this and thank you for the concern, please don't take this as grumbling it's a good question and important aspect to discuss. We have another hunter from California shortly coming to brave the weather in the mountains this time and the challenge was the biggest attraction, it is by no means for everybody. Some of us still actually seek risk, whether that be personal risk, risk of not harvesting your trophy due to severe weather, severe terrain, leaving out entirely dangerous game hunts in Africa. For a good few risk is the a spice and price of life. Good hunting to all!