[pct-l] Bear Canisters

yogi yogihikes at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 20 21:40:52 CDT 2007


Bear canisters *and* dogs in the same thread?!?

Quick, everyone, run for cover!!!

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com


--- Ben Gunderson <gunderdawg at gmail.com> wrote:

> So wait, we have to have bear canisters?  Bear
> bagging (hanging your food
> sack) isn't good enough anymore?  Just want to make
> sure we're on the same
> page.
> 
> On another note- we're trying to decide whether we
> should bring our dog
> along for our thru-hike.  With the drought and
> everything i'm really
> starting to have second thoughts and would like a
> fresh perspective from
> hikers who know more about dogs on the PCT.
> 
> 
> On 3/20/07, Pea Hicks <phix at optigan.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Bankhead wrote:
> >
> > > IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO COMPLY WITH THE REGS.
> Stop surfing against
> > > the waves.
> >
> >
> > i generally don't get involved in this debate, but
> i just have to say
> > that i agree 100% with this... it's NOT that big
> of a deal folks, just
> > take the bear can... having the can resulted in an
> overall negligible
> > effect on the quality of my hike, even without the
> peace-of-mind factor
> > being taken into account...
> >
> > my 2 cents, anyway...
> >
> > girlscout
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