[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[enyapjr at comcast.net]

Sorry, Piper/Diane, but I am going to say something!!  
Maybe I took your post the wrong way, too - if so, sorry, again...

Perhaps you should have looked at the web page for the link Ken gave (to his website)...
The 10 days between KM & VVR was, I'm positive, while during a PCT thru-hike...
Look at the links to the left and top of his "Packing Bear Canister" page...
Ken & Marcia Powers DO know "a little" about long distance hiking!!!   ;-)  :-o
- including how to get a large amount of calories into a bear canister...

Happy trails!!!
Jim (PITA)

> 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