[pct-l] Bear cans, peanut butter and Tom Reynolds--ADZPCTKO history

[Carl Siechert]

Great story, Llama Lady!

Here are some pictures to go along with it:
Tom Reynolds packing the bear
canister<http://pct77.org/adz/archive/2002_photos_01.htm>
Bear attack by Mad Monte <http://pct77.org/adz/archive/2002_photos_02.htm>
Marion's equalizer <http://pct77.org/adz/archive/2002_photos_04.htm>



On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Marion Davison <mardav at charter.net> wrote:

> At one of the early ADZPCTKO parties, Tom Reynolds packed a bear can
> with a plastic jar of peanut butter, a plastic bottle of grape jelly,
> and filled all the interstices with white flour.  Mad Monte then put on
> a bear suit and repeatedly picked up the can and hurled it at the ground
> and stomped on it, to simulate a bear attacking a can.  He had
> maintained that a bear could open a Garcia can if he abused it enough.
> The can stood up to the abuse.
> Later there was a gear contest, and the bear can was added to the table
> of prizes from which the winners could choose.  I won a prize for my
> homemade female urinary assistance device, which I dubbed "the equalizer".
> I chose the bear can as my prize, took it home and put it on the shelf,
> unaware that it contained flour and peanut butter and jelly.  I thought
> it contained some yummy trail food that I might use on my summer trek.
> So I was quite surprised when I opened the can in July.  During Monte's
> attack on the can, the jelly bottle broke, and spread jelly all through
> the flour.  This developed into an amazing solid moldy mass which was
> very difficult to clean out of the can (it took days of soaking and
> digging and soaking and digging).
> I still use that bear can today.
> Marion
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