[pct-l] storing food

[Toby Maxwell]

I had a great experience with the opsaks, I left all of my food sealed up
about 20 feet away from my tent at the whitewater reserve, just before
mission creek area.  A bear came and thrashed around with my friend's
ursack for awhile, putting some nice tooth marks through his food, while
mine hung out not 50 feet away from that incident in its odor proof bag
with no other deterrent and was untouched.  Never had a problem ever while
keeping food in it.  Good stuff.

-Toby

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Sir Mixalot <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a mouse get into food in freezer bags that was sitting next to my
> head while I bivouacked in a storm.  Since then I've always used an Ursack
> and haven't had a single problem since then, including the time I left a
> full food bag on the trail for over a week.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM, David Money Harris <harris at g.hmc.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > To follow up on this question, has anyone had trouble with rodents
> > getting into their food at night while cowboy camping?
> >
> > I usually sleep with my food in my pack under my head.  I saw a small
> > ratty thing eyeing my pack in the dark right before I went to sleep this
> > weekend.  I was concerned it might chew through my pack while I slept,
> > but all was well.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On 4/10/2012 7:34 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> > > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:43:31 -0700
> > > From: Alexandra Robinson<xelamme at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [pct-l] storing food on the PCT
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> > > Hi,
> > > Im just curious how people typically store their food when its not in a
> > > bear canister and for that matter where one puts the canister when it
> is
> > > full of food. I suppose I have always done bear hangs and when in the
> > > desert made a little cache of food and cooking equipment on the
> ground. I
> > > have never used a bear canister. I just wanted to check on what methods
> > > people have good luck with. I will be traveling with a canister once I
> > > reach Kennedy Meadows. Thanks in advance for the input.
> > >
> > > Al
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