[pct-l] Bear Cannisters

[Gary Wright]

On Jun 26, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:

> I got hold of a large bear can and my food still doesn't fit. Just
> like everybody else I know out there hiking the PCT right now. It's
> the dirty little secret of the PCT.

How many days are you trying to get in the canister?  Five days  
should be quite doable and six if you are good at tetris. Five days  
should be sufficient to cross any of the parts of the PCT that  
require a canister.

Radar