[pct-l] To carry or not to carry

[Jackie McDonnell]

I guess I don't belong on the trail.
I sleep with my food unless I'm in a canister-required area.
19,000 miles so far, and no problems.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Douglas Tow <douglastow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good afternoon!
>
> Bullets vs. bears:  Bears only want your food, and properly managed, they
> won't get it.  Poorly managed, a bear will try for it, but is no danger
> unless the food is in your tent.  It is immoral and illegal to shoot a bear
> just for stealing your food, and if you keep food in your tent, you don't
> belong on the trail, with or without a gun.
>
> Bullets vs. people:  The PCT is one of the safest places in the country to
> be in terms of potential violence.  If you carry a gun in public places,
> and you are still worried about violence on the trail, nothing but legal
> restrictions (national parks and the like) will probably deter you, in the
> beginning, but
>
> Bullets vs. trail reality:  By the time you are 40 miles up the trail, you
> will be looking at any way to reduce weight, down to tearing labels off of
> teabags.  The gun and ammunition will probably be in the first box back
> home.
>
> Can we go yet?
>
> Doug
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