[pct-l] Bear-bagging?

[Matt Thyer]

"For what it's worth."  Common Morse code simplification that made it big
when Al Gore made the internets.

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Kathryn Zimmerman
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:19 PM
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear-bagging?

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
> http://postholer.com/brianle
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