[pct-l] BearVault

[Steve Courtway]

we don't want to encourage rae lakes bears to break into bear boxes because 
older bearvaults are contained therein sly.....


s.c.
(enjoyed 2 day-climbs to sawtooth and franklin passes on the great western 
divide last week - great view of the backside of mt. whitney from up there 
!)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Slyatpct at aol.com>
To: <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] BearVault


>
> In a message dated 8/30/2006 1:01:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> aaron at skeeky.com writes:
>
> The only  restriction on the BearVault is that the older verisons are not
> allowed in  the Rae Lakes region, where the bears have learned that they
> can pop off  the lids by compressing the sides of the  canister:
>
> http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/approvedcontainers.htm
>
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> The wording/rule is ambiguous.  What's to stop someone from  using an 
> older
> BearVault in the Rae Lakes area while storing it in a  bear box?
>
> Sly
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