[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Ha ha ha! That one made me laugh. It's one thing to pack 10 days  
worth of food for two people when that's the whole trip you are doing  
and it's another to pack food for one hungry thru-hiker who has been  
hiking 750 miles already and is already out of bodily reserves to  
live off of.

The nasty little secret is quite a few thru-hikers can't fit enough  
food in their bear canisters to go through that stretch. The solution  
is to camp next to the bear lockers or just pour Macadamia nut butter  
and M&Ms into your canister and live off of that.

Now everybody keep quiet and don't say another word.

Diane

On Feb 23, 2010, at 5:10 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Reconsider what food you are carrying.
>
> We packed enough food into a Garcia for 2 people for a 10 day trip  
> from
> Kennedy Meadows to VVR. Some people think we didn't have enough
> food/calories, but the objective was to get thru that stretch. We lost
> weight, but that happens to us on all long distance hikes.
> http://www.gottawalk.com/packing_bear_canister.htm
>
> Ken