[pct-l] hanging food

[Drew Smith]

+1 on everything Stephen said. Here in CO, most trees are not well-suited
for an effective hang. But our bears are more shy and less aggressive than
Yosemite bears and people delude themselves into thinking that they have
done a good job hanging when they have not.

The other delusional practice I have noted on the PCT is leaving your bear
canister in camp. Sure your food is secure. But the odors will still
attract bears, and you will end up with a frustrated hungry bruin right
outside your tent. This does not seem wise to me.

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:13 AM Stephen Adams <reddirt23 at att.net> wrote:

> Most simple hangs will keep the little critters at bay.  Not so bears.
> And in many places, especially in the high country, there simply can be no
> good place to make a decent anti-bear hang.  They are really smart, good
> climbers, tall when they stand up, and really strong.  Most lodgepole
> forest wont offer many good branches high enough or strong enough to
> dissuade a determined bear from getting the food stash.
> A good counter balance is like 16ft off the ground and way out on a branch
> far from the trunk of the tree.  On another note...  I've seen parachute
> cord and small twine dangling from branches more than I've seen poor or
> simply stupid food hangs.  So, you not only have to hang the food so
> hopefully the bears are not going to risk injury to get it, and you have to
> be able to recover it yourself.
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