[pct-l] Portable Electric Fence

[Jeffrey Olson]

I spent a week in the Five Pockets area in the Absorkas out of Dubois 
Wyoming one year.  One of our party was deathly afraid of grizzlies, of 
which there are many in this part of the world.  It didn't help that 
every horseman had a giant pistol on their hip and rifle strapped to the 
horse.  The only hiker we saw was packing a big black flat handled, 
rectangular barreled handgun that must have weighted six or seven pounds 
or more.  We had bear spray that clanked on our shoulder straps.  A 
backcountry ranger friend later said he'd never go into that area 
without a rifle...

At night my friend piled brush around his tent so that when the grizzly 
came to eat him, he'd hear him coming and be awake to shoot him with 
bear spray.

The only grizzly sighting we had was of paw prints in the mud /going the 
other direction/ on the trail for a half mile.  They were still filling 
with water... Spooky...

Jeff


On 11/5/2013 6:39 PM, marmot marmot wrote:
> Me too    as I'm setting up my tent I am gathering my large pile of rocks.  I snuggle in to cook dinner with my enormous pile of throwable rocks within reach---then I drift off to sleep. No place better than the trail. Can't wait to be out there again.  Marmot
>
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>> On Nov 5, 2013, at 5:33 PM, "Diane Soini" <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> People worry sooooo much about the wildlife in the backcountry. It's
>> really not a huge problem. A much bigger problem is the truly
>> terrifying wildlife in my own urban yard. I have been startled awake
>> by horrible growls and the terrifying sounds of birds and small
>> mammals being strangled to death their pitiful cries slowly dying
>> out. The worst was last night as our entire house seemed to have been
>> gassed by a skunk. I'm afraid to sleep outside at night in my yard.
>>
>> I think this electric fence is the only thing I would consider to
>> make it safe to sleep outside in my yard. That and maybe a hammock
>> with electric wires around the guy lines. Otherwise, if I want to
>> have a peaceful night without scary creatures, I'll go sleep on the PCT.
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com>
>>> Subject: [pct-l] Portable Electric Fence
>>>
>>> While this is not something I could see myself carrying, some might
>>> be interested in it as an alternative to peeing around their
>>> campsite.  Sureguard makes a portable electric fence that weighs
>>> less than half a pound (without the wire or stakes), that will run
>>> for up to 75 hours on a set of batteries.  http://
>>> www.sureguard.com.au/cattle_electric_fence.html
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