Reposted by @ratjohnny.bsky.social
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion.
Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
akpub.io
Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
![Meme with text above a mosaic depiction of Odysseus lashed to the mast of his ship as his men hold their shields. The meme text reads:
odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s3j4gvpppndit2divpis6jbf/bafkreibtxllfckgswapfx553gcrlnz52ucu77ybiophc5fdnfzmzbdnnny)
![Comic. [chessboard with red dotted line and flag at second line. Highlighted rook is positioned next to King behind the red line.] [caption] I thought I had checkmate, but I didn’t realize my rook was offside.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif4par7z6yterrvkhvlnemtc37rpb4yvretekqzpqnxl7gjio7fju)
