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Re: [pct-l] New Bear Canister
- Subject: Re: [pct-l] New Bear Canister
- From: "(R.J.Calliger)" <calliger@infolane.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 07:12:19 -0800
On my last 10 day section trip I repacked everything into
zip-loc heavy-duty freezer baggies. 9 days fit in very tightly and day 10
was actally first day
overflow bag. I should have weighed the baggies :)))
Last time I did JMT no bear canister and LOTS of bears.
Not one bear since August!
Rich
At 11:04 AM -0800 9/17/00, Ed wrote:
>>Tom Reynolds wrote
>>the typical backpacker's approach of simply stuffing prepackaged
>freeze-dried cardboard
>> into the canister will only yield 4-5 days of rations.
>
>
>It would seem time for the freeze dried manufacturers to return to vacuum
>packing.
>
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