[pct-l] ursacks
Nikki Eddy
nikkieddy at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 19 09:55:41 CDT 2013
I was also going to throw my two cents in and say turkey bags are totally smell proof also...and super light. I used to know someone in college who dealt with large quantities of pot and he would transport it in those because they don't let smell out! :-)
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On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If you put an OPSak inside your Ursack the critters won't smell what is inside. OPSaks are what I used from Mexico to Canada - never lost any food. Through the Sierra National Parks I did use two bear canisters as required by the rules.
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> To: Pamela McCullough <Pamelarun at aol.com>
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> I use one all the time. In southern California I've had a cougar nibble on
> the bottom of my bag. I got to watch that. It also helped when I suddenly
> decided to go to ADZPCTKO. I didn't want to carry my heavy food bag down
> the mountain only to have to carry it back up. There were only low lying
> trees, but that was okay. I hung my Ursack to it and didn't come back to
> it until two weeks later. There were tiny rodent holes near the top, but
> none of my food was compromised.
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> I love my Ursack. I wouldn't hike without it unless I'm using a bear
> canister.
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> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Pamela McCullough <Pamelarun at aol.com>wrote:
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>> What are your thoughts on using the ursack for carrying food? Pamela
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