[pct-l] Bear encounter before Kennedy Meadows

[Edward Anderson]

I have tested them extensively - not just while on the trail, but also in my rodent-infested barn.  OPSaks have always worked for me.
 
Liz's problem would have been due to either of the following reasons: (Or perhaps both)   1) When she sealed the sack, she did not seal it completely. It is critical that the seal (similar to a ZipLock seal - but a little more difficult to do)  be complete. I run my thumb and forefinger across, with pressure, three or four times) or   2) She got some food smells outside the OPSak.
 
MendoRider-Hiker 

  

________________________________
 From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear encounter before Kennedy Meadows
  
According to Mendo Rider, OpSacks are perfect.

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Elisabeth M. Chaplin
<echaplin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dys-feng shui-nal,
>
> I had a mouse chew through a brand new "odor proof" OPSak my first night
> out of Kennedy Meadows (holding my "overflow" food that wouldn't fit into
> my bear canister). I was lucky to hear the rustling and shoo it away before
> he got to my food -- a couple a few nights behind me lost a significant
> amount of their overflow food to mice in the same spot, though I don't
> think they used an OPSak. I understand that I might have unintentionally
> scented the outside of my bag, but as a new bag on the first night out,
> that's as clean as it was going to get for the rest of its useful life.
>
> Just because they're labeled "odor proof" does
 not make them infallible or
> even what I would consider reliable as a system against critters of any
> size. YMMV. Granted, I still used them as a food holding bag for the
> entirety of my thru hike last summer -- their size and thickness were
> great! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Liz
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