[pct-l] ???

[margepr@sunvalley.net (Marge Prothman)]

A couple of years ago some company and I can not remember who, sent me a
submergible bag to test
out.  The food was put in tight zip locks and then in their bag. I put a
couple of rocks in, it had a long line attached to the whole thing.  The
idea was that I was to throw it out into the lake or pond. Then tie it off
on shore.  We had a good size pond near our house.

 With 10lbs of food and a few pounds of rocks,  I could not throw the whole
thing far enough to get it to submerge deep enough into the pond, it was too
heavy for me to heave.

I sent it back to the company with my report.  They said perhaps if I had
been by a lake that had a dock or some trees etc that I could lower it into
the lake then it might have worked for me.
My experience on the pct had not shown me many of those opportunities to put
the food in the water.

A young man named Jeff who is like one of my kids, thru hiked the pct in 79
at the age of 18.He
became a high-powered realtor and he wanted to escape from the stress of
life for awhile, so He went out into the wilderness for 6-8 weeks and he
used a method of submerging his food in waterproof bags in a lake where he
was camped. He had packed in enough food for this time period over several
carries.  The food was always in the lake when he came in with more.

I think he submerged it with rocks on the bottom of the lake as far out as
he could wade, with a rope attached.

So there you have it. Incidental he did not get to stay the entire time, one
of those dang Idaho forest fires drove him out.

Cheers,    Marge  (the old gal)

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-admin@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-admin@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of Tom Hopkins
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:22 PM
To: pct-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] ???


Strider  got me thinking about submerging food again as a way to keep
from bears getting it in the Sierra's. I was thinking about trying a
"dry bag" boaters use, but they are actually pretty heavy. With the new
regulations I have to bring my  bear cannister. But, I was thinking
about double sealing a package of food in a vacuum packer and submerging
it at night. Has anyone ever tried this? I am going to be on "bear
alley" in two weeks and I am considering trying it.
Tom

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