[pct-l] PCT 2011! Bears in the Cascades

[Paul Robison]

The thing about bears in the north is a much smaller percentage of them are habituated to human foods...  Where we live bears outnumber humans but humans are only associated with fear, not food.

In the sierras it has taken a lot of effort to undo all the years of poor food management in he area.

Anyway goodluck on your thru I'll see you out there,

~Paul

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On 2011-03-05, at 2:38 PM, Ryan Filanda <hungry82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello PCTers,
> 
> I've been stalking and reading for a long time now but this is my first
> post. My name is Ryan and after 3 years of suspense I'm so excited to start
> living the PCT dream! Less than 2 months! I've got almost everything
> together so far (except for the things I procrastinated about, i.e.
> dehydrating!), but I've been wondering about the case of Bears in the
> Cascades. I haven't read anything on this list concerning food storage
> whether in canisters or otherwise, or in any other sources. I did see that
> there are bears ROAR! in the northern cascades but there don't seem to be
> any guidelines that I can find as to using canisters or hanging food, etc. I
> assume just to hang my food but with bears everywhere figuring that one out,
> should I plan to re-send my canister to myself somewhere in Washington? What
> have others done in the past about keeping our big furry friends out of our
> food in that neck of the woods? Thanks! See some of you very soon, I hope.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ryan Filanda
> "trail name TBD"
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