[pct-l] Eating where you sleep

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

For a long time I've been curious about the supposedly total effectiveness
of the food-separation strategy.  Obviously, storing the source of the
smells away from where you sleep is safer than sleeping with it in your
tent - I'm not trying to suggest anyone should do otherwise.  But animals,
especially bears, have such great noses that there's no way this can be
foolproof.  There's going to be cross-contamination of odor on your hands
or pack or clothing that they're sensitive enough to pick up. Isn't this
part of the reason that Opsaks aren't as effective as advertised?  I'd love
to see hard data on this but I'm not sure how it could be tested under
controlled conditions.

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>wrote:

> That is exactly how I eat/sleep!
>
> Yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>  On Jan 17, 2014 3:15 PM, "GottaWalk" <gottawalk at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Doug Swam <doug.swam at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > Eating where you sleep? What happened to keeping interesting smells in
> > your bear/food bag a ways away from your sleeping area? Is it bravado,
> > skill or lack of knowledge? I'm confused.
> >
> > The rationale for eating and sleeping in the same area is that thru
> hikers
> > stealth camp in areas where bears have not found the food previously and
> > are not traveling to, expecting food.
> >
> > We have always eaten at our tent and slept with our food except in areas
> > where bear canisters or hanging food is required. While stealth camping
> we
> > have never had a bear, or other animal, incident at our tent. When we
> have
> > camped in a site that has been used by previous campers we have had
> > problems with mice.
> >
> > For me, choosing a tent site, erecting the tent, cooking in the doorway,
> > and climbing in my sleeping bag within a half hour is the height of
> luxury.
> > Aahh, that is one of the reasons I backpack.
> >
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