[pct-l] Cramming a BV450 - YMWV

[Sly]

You can put 8 days in a BV450 and still have room for several other 
days?  I'd like to see that.  I'd like to see it in a BV500. Are you 
going to the KO?

Sly

patti kulesz wrote:
> yep I sure do and I just stuffed my canister with 8 days worth of food and still had 1/3 of the canister available...hhhmmmm maybe I should have a bear canister stuffing clinic...maybe I'm just a good packer...maybe what I eat is different than others...but I know for a fact that I was on the JMT in 06 and had 7 days worth of food and then some with plenty of extra room and left overs....and I don't put the first days food in a bag either...I just set it on top of the inside of the pack or in a pocket somewhere....carry snacks in my pockets....I love food it's everywhere...LOL
>
> patti
>
> --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Postholer <public at postholer.com> wrote:
>
> From: Postholer <public at postholer.com>
> Subject: [pct-l]  Cramming a BV450 - YMWV
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 4:59 PM
>
>> plus the first day of food doesn't have to go in the canister either....
>
> Of course! Even us folks who don't/won't carry a canister keep the current 
> days food near the top of our pack in a separate bag for easy access. I 
> prefer a plactic shopping bag.
>
> But the question still remains, how do you fit 9 food days into a cansiter 
> (10 days Kennedy/VVR)?
>
> Patti gets to face this reality first hand in the very near future! ;)
>
> -postholer
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