[pct-l] Bear-bagging?

[Kathryn Zimmerman]

ok, Gadget...gotta ask...what does FWIW mean?  I've been trying to figure it
out!

Kathryn

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Brian Lewis <brianle8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "And what does one do all the rest of the time? Doesn't seem to be a lot of
> trees around for hanging food. I've read that some sleep with their food in
> their tents, but having had mice wake me up after chewing through the
> netting, I don't really want to do that again. What's the usual answer on
> the PCT?"
>
> Yet another subject of potentially passionate debate, but FWIW, I think
> that
> rodent attacks on food are a lot less common than along the AT --- can
> still
> happen, but "sleeping with your food" generally works fine for most places.
> I did that prior to the Sierras as there aren't a lot of rodents (or
> bears).  North of the Sierras I used an Ursack, in part because that's just
> sort of my normal approach (I live in WA state).
>
>
> Brian Lewis / Gadget '08
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- Kathryn