[pct-l] Where do you put it?....Switchback knows best

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say Deems, Kelly is a real trail beauty.
I used to string....lost my food only once in 40 years....the trouble 
with stringing is most people don't know how to string properly.
Nowadays, due to regulations, unless I'm speed hiking, I carry a "can" 
for food and put mothballs on my pack, which I keep outside, unless it's 
raining, when hiking with my wife or the Scouts.

I like Switchback's method a lot....he puts his food bags on each side 
of his women.
No right minded bear or mouse would tangle with them neither.
Yes Sir, Switchback knows how to choose his women....he likes'm  "burly".

JMT Reinhold
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Deems wrote:
I hike with Kelly, my Jack Russell terrier, When I set up camp, she has 
her own pad and place inside my tarp.
At night I place my two food bags on each side of her.
No right minded bear or mouse would tangle with her.
  I haven't had any critter troubles when hiking with any of my trail 
dogs in 30yrs.
  I keep my pack inside if it rains, or if I note any deer or bear issues.
Deer are a bigger problem than bears due to their craving for salt.
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