RE: [pct-l] Re Bear Food

["Reynolds, WT" <reynolds@ilan.com>]

The bears can't carry the canister. [Unless of course someone ties a strap
around it] They are a metal or plastic canister 9" in diameter and 12-18"
long in size. The Aluminum model weighs 2# 3oz and the plastic model 2#
12oz. Bears will seldom move the canister more than 25 yards. However, there
are stories out of Canada about grizzly's pushing the canister off a cliff
in an attempt to break it.

There is a lot of information on bears, canisters, other means of securing
food like counterbalancing, etc. on the PCTA website.
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