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From Chad

Hibernating #1206

Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min · 6 segments

Preparation is the key to success, as demonstrated by Backpack the bear, who won Fat Bear Week 2026 by preparing diligently during the summer. Your “winter” is determined by the work you do in your…

Preparation is the key to success, as demonstrated by Backpack the bear, who won Fat Bear Week 2026 by preparing diligently during the summer. Your “winter” is determined by the work you do in your “summer”.

Preparation is the key to success, as demonstrated by Backpack the bear, who won Fat Bear Week 2026 by preparing diligently during the summer. Your “winter” is determined by the work you do in your…

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Speakers: Chad SmithHost

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot political

Top entities: Fat Bear Week×8 Gmail×2 explore×2 Brooks Falls Alaska

Your Winter Is Won in the Summer0:35 – 2:40

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Every fall, Katmai National Park in Alaska holds Fat Bear Week.

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Millions of people vote online for the brown bear who best prepared for winter.

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Fat is the trophy.

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Fat is what carries a bear through five or six months in a den without a single meal.

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This year's champion is a twenty-year-old bear named Backpack.

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He got the name as a cub because he loved riding across the Brooks River on his mother's back.

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1:00

His mother, Holly, won Fat Bear Week in twenty nineteen.

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Not long ago, Backpack had a badly injured leg.

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Viewers worried he wouldn't make it.

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1:08

Then he went back to work, one salmon, then another, then another.

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1:12

Nobody watches a bear eat one fish and calls it impressive.

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1:16

But a summer of day after day gulping down salmon added up to an estimated one thousand to twelve hundred pounds for Backpack.

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1:24

By September, he looked so different they needed identification records to confirm it was the same bear.

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And he did it his way.

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Most bears stand in the cold water.

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Backpack sits on a rock in the middle of the river and fishes from there.

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He didn't copy anybody.

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He found the method he could sustain.

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Nobody crowns the bear who survives winter best.

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They crown the bear who prepared best in summer.

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Winter doesn't test the bear.

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It audits him.

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It reveals what was already deposited in the summer.

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1:56

You have your summers and winters too.

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1:58

How you survive the winter is determined by the work you do in the summer.

Fat Bear WeekEntity
94%8 mentions
GmailWebsiteWeb site
81%2 mentions
exploreEntity
69%2 mentions
Brooks FallsTourist AttractionScenic spot in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
56%1 mention
AlaskaAdministrative AreaUS state
44%1 mention
GumroadCompanyCompany
31%2 mentions
Katmai National Park and PreserveTourist AttractionNational park in Alaska
19%1 mention
World Wide WebEntity
6%1 mention

North AmericaGeography
United StatesGeography > North America
Katmai National Park and Brooks RiverGeography > North America > United States > Alaska
Brown bearsAnimals > Wildlife > Bears
Backpack's seasonal preparation for hibernationAnimals > Wildlife > Bears > Brown bears
Public voting eventsEvents
Wildlife competitionsEvents > Public voting events
Fat Bear WeekEvents > Public voting events > Wildlife competitions
Katmai National Park brown bear championEvents > Public voting events > Wildlife competitions > Fat Bear Week
Bear foraging and hibernationScience > Biology > Animal behavior
Preparation and resiliencePersonal Development > Self-improvement
Building capacity before difficult periodsPersonal Development > Self-improvement > Preparation and resilience
The 'winter is won in the summer' principlePersonal Development > Self-improvement > Preparation and resilience > Building capacity before difficult periods
BearsAnimals > Wildlife
Self-improvementPersonal Development
Animal behaviorScience > Biology
WildlifeAnimals
Personal Development
AlaskaGeography > North America > United States
Events
Science
Animals
Geography
BiologyScience

Your Winter Is Won in the Summer0:35 – 2:40

C

0:35

Every fall, Katmai National Park in Alaska holds Fat Bear Week.

C

0:39

Millions of people vote online for the brown bear who best prepared for winter.

C

0:44

Fat is the trophy.

C

0:46

Fat is what carries a bear through five or six months in a den without a single meal.

C

0:51

This year's champion is a twenty-year-old bear named Backpack.

C

0:55

He got the name as a cub because he loved riding across the Brooks River on his mother's back.

C

1:00

His mother, Holly, won Fat Bear Week in twenty nineteen.

C

1:04

Not long ago, Backpack had a badly injured leg.

C

1:06

Viewers worried he wouldn't make it.

C

1:08

Then he went back to work, one salmon, then another, then another.

C

1:12

Nobody watches a bear eat one fish and calls it impressive.

C

1:16

But a summer of day after day gulping down salmon added up to an estimated one thousand to twelve hundred pounds for Backpack.

C

1:24

By September, he looked so different they needed identification records to confirm it was the same bear.

C

1:30

And he did it his way.

C

1:31

Most bears stand in the cold water.

C

1:34

Backpack sits on a rock in the middle of the river and fishes from there.

C

1:38

He didn't copy anybody.

C

1:40

He found the method he could sustain.

C

1:42

Nobody crowns the bear who survives winter best.

C

1:45

They crown the bear who prepared best in summer.

C

1:49

Winter doesn't test the bear.

C

1:51

It audits him.

C

1:52

It reveals what was already deposited in the summer.

C

1:56

You have your summers and winters too.

C

1:58

How you survive the winter is determined by the work you do in the summer.

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