RE: [pct-l] Weekend

Hi,

>Bears - They can be a problem but only for a relatively short section of the
>trail in the high Sierra Mtns. Even then, most thru-hikers travel through
>before they become too much of a problem. The PCTA website bear page should
>give you good tips on what to do and look forward to. Not to open too large
>a can of worms, but the NPS is beginning to require Bear Canisters for
>hikers above 9600 in some areas. I don't know what their feelings are on the
>topic of the new Specta cloth food containers. My understanding is that they
>aren't very good. But my info maybe out of date.
>
>On our travels through bear country we only saw one or two other thru-hikers
>carrying bear canisters. As far as I know, no one had a significant problem.
>We always stealth camped and slept with our food. The only bears we say were
>in a NPS campground when there were bear boxes.

Maybe a very newbie question: but what do you consider stealth 
camping? Not a known concept in Europe, I think.

Thanks for clearing that up
Saskia
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