Two men go for a hike. (Long)

A Czechoslovakian and a Russian decide to take a trip to America to hike Mt. McKinley. After their long flight and hauling all of their gear, they get to the base of the mountain. When they reach the ranger station, the rangers tell them that the mountain has had a serious bear problem lately.

The rangers say that two bears, a male and a female, have been mauling hikers for the past few weeks, and that the men should come back another time. After some discussion, the hikers decide that they came all this way to get up the mountain, and they were going to go, bears or no bears. The rangers decide to let them, but ask the hikers to radio in every six hours so they know they are safe. They take a radio, and off they go.

After six hours, the rangers get a call in from the Russian saying that everything was fine, and that they were making good progress.

Six hours later, another call comes in, this time it's the Czechoslovakian. He tells the rangers that they decided to make camp early to enjoy the view, but that everything was fine.

Six more hours later, nothing. The rangers figure that they must be fast asleep, tired from the long day, and decided to wait until the next call-in time before getting worried.

Well, the next time rolls by, and no call. The rangers decide that something must have happened to the hikers, and send some men to find them. Using the hikers last call in time, the rangers get a general idea of where they could be, and begin the search.

After a while, the rangers spot some movement on a nearby hill, and whip out their binoculars to get a better look. One ranger spots a female bear surrounded by what seemed to be scraps of clothing and gear. She was chewing on a tattered backpack that had a Russian flag on the side.

After a long sigh, the ranger puts down his binoculars, looks at his partner, and says "You know what that means, don't you?"

"No, what?"

"That means the Czech's in the male."