[pct-l] sleeping with your food

[Stephen Adams]

If you say so.  But I like the idea of keeping the odor down as my pack gets permeated with food smells pretty quickly.  Definately worth checking out.  
On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Bob Bankhead wrote:

> I've had bears walk through my camp at night in Lyell Canyon (Tuolumne), and go right past 2 OPSaks (food and trash) lying exposed on a log, apparently without noticing them. I'm feel certain they neither smelled nor saw them or they would have been all over them in a minute. YMMV. 
> 
> Personally, I always carry a large OP Sack for trash, even when I have a bear canister with me.
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Stephen Adams 
>  Subject: Re: [pct-l] sleeping with your food
> 
> 
>  Go ahead and try that up in the Mammoth or Tuolumne area and let me know how it works or how 100% odor proof your Opsac is.  
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>  On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Jim & Jane Moody wrote:
> 
>   I haven't tried it, but I've thought about something similar.  Rubbing a Purell wipe around the food bag, trash ziplock, etc. might eliminate, reduce, or override any attractive food smells.  Has anybody tried this in the field? 
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