[pct-l] Regarding tent stakes & food odors (Oregon PCT)

[OMullis]

Couple questions for the experienced crowd.

1. What's your experience with Oregon soils along the PCT as far as inserting/removing 6-8" tent stakes?  Is a mallet needed or can one push them in by hand and/or mash them in with one's foot?

2. I'm thinking that the manufacturer's engineered foil-and-polymer wrappers on bar items (Clif, Balance, Kashi, etc) and cold-prep freeze-dried foods (e.g., Adventure Foods) are impermeable enough with regard to odors that if I keep them inside an odorproof O.P. Sak to further reduce the odor transmission that I won't need to also provide a physical barrier/deterent like an Ursack or bear can.  Sound reasonable? Naive? Ignorant?

Trying to keep things as light and simple as I can without creating problems for myself or others. Thanks for sharing your experience and advice!  

Ollen Mullis
PCT-OR Sept2008