[pct-l] canisters

[Bob Sartini]

Thank you. I actually have backpacked quite a bit but  have always just hung 
my food and never used a canister. Apparently the bears on the
west coast are smarter then the ones on the east coast. I PROMISE I will get 
a canister.

I have always hung everything that a bear might find tasty like toothpaste , 
etc, But I also have hung all that might have smells like cooking gear. The 
pot which never gets odor free,spoon,stove. What do you do with the gear. Is 
it supposed to go in the canister? I think if I put the canister a mile away 
the bears would still sniff out the cooking gear.

"EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
    ......Bamboo Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:23 PM
Subject: [pct-l] canisters


Bob

You asked "So what do I do with the canister. Hang it? Sit on it? Use it for 
a pillow?"

You make sure that anything that has an order (food or not) is in it. This 
includes sunscreen, chapstick, etc. Place it at least twenty five to fifty 
feet away from your tent. Place it in a depression. Many bears will 
recognize the canister for what it is and just walk away while others may 
try to fight with it a bit. The bear may swat it around some and you want it 
to roll back down into the depression where you left it and not roll down 
the side of a mounitan or into a river and down stream.

Amanda (Shepherd)

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