[pct-l] bear canisters

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

Nope! It is to strengthen your lower back muscles
plus work your quads and gluts...

3 extra pounds x 100 mile trip x approx 2100 steps per mile
= 63,000 mile-foot-pounds  (MFP).

Rich

At 04:01 PM 1/18/01 -0800, Steve Courtway wrote:
>from what I can gather, the whole idea of the canister is to
>
>a) not have to sleep with any food in your tent, because even if it is in
the canister,
>blackie still has to get his nose on it to find out he can't get at it.
>
>b) be able to chuck it away from (but not down hills) your tent and forget
about it,
>as blackie will become quickly disinterested in the canister.
>
>some folks bury their food (canisterless) under a pile of rocks with pans
on top,
>and a sierra cup and rock by their side.
>
>
>
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