[pct-l] Sleeping with food everywhere except the Sierra???

[Brett Cosner]

To be clear, I support protecting bears and believe in stealth camping as part of that strategy.  My comment about appeasing rangers was out of place,  I understand park rangers are a very thin line of defense and we should all do our part to support their efforts.

Brett

--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Brett Cosner <brettcosner at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Brett Cosner <brettcosner at yahoo.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Sleeping with food everywhere except the Sierra???
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:10 AM

Ok so I'm sure food storage topics are discussed often, but I wanted to hear an informal poll on the following.

I'm getting the impression that most thru-hikers sleep with their food without incident.  When in the Sierra they do this at stealth camps.

On my sobo hike this summer I'm thinking of keeping my food with me at night until I reach Sonora Pass where I will be picking up a canister.   I'll use the canister through Kennedy Meadows to appease rangers and be responsible.  

How did you store food?  Did anyone experience a bear taking food that they slept with, or getting a ticket for not carrying a canister?  How was your experience???

Thanks
Brett




      
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