[pct-l] Food in tents

[Pamela McCullough]

Hello Chris, okay, you are  bringing out the honesty in us hikers.  I am a woman and just solo hiked the AT, of course on the AT you are often not alone at night.  But I am a bit of a scaredy cat and I am afraid of heights.  So the hand over hand stuff in NH and southern Maine, especially with lots of wet rocks thrown in, was really really scary to me.  But I did it.  I also saw lots of bears, yep, one even popped up right next to me from under some brush, but though it freaked me out, I am okay.  I even had a bear false charge me when I was alone, probably my fault because I stopped and took my camera out (I had gotten so used to bears not bothering me), but thank heavens it finally stopped and turned around and ran away.  It is amazing what we can do when out in the woods.  Anyway, just a little truth from someone who will be out there on the pct this year too.  Best, Pamela
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On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:19 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good afternoon, Chris,
> 
> There will be some apprehension in the first dozen nights while you wait
> for the, “…ghostlies and ghoulies and long-legged beasties and things that
> go ‘bump’ in the night” to sneak up and get you, but one thing to remember
> is on a still, dark night a mouse sounds like a deer, and a deer sounds
> like a whole band of elk.
> 
> By the time you get well up the trail into bear ‘can territory, you’ll be
> so acclimated to night sounds, and so tired after booking 20-mile days,
> that you’ll whip with a stick anything that gets between you and the
> sleeping bag.  “Down the road, dumb-ass bear.  You’re not in this program.”
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
> 
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:03 PM, C <chrisfoley81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Okay on a serious note for once on my part...all jokes aside...
>> I'm seriously scared to death of the dark and the fact that there are
>> animals that could rock my world...I hear a lot about protecting the bears
>> but anyone have a fool proof way of not having bear encounters...so i got
>> get messed with...i havent really been camping so where do i hide...how
>> much smell is too much...i heard some people bring firecrackers?  Really??
>> .I believe I have a decent chance on completing the trail but my night
>> fears go pretty deep lol :)
>> Just being honest...
>> And as for parts of the trail...are there any real scary sections and
>> somewhere/one has/have good pictures...like with narrow walk ways and steep
>> drops .for example the narrows in Colorado??..I need to start visualizing
>> these things...or just start unpacking my pack and go look for a job
>> Thanks!!!
>> 
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