[pct-l] john muir trail

[reynolds@iLAN.com (Reynolds, WT)]

Used to be a bear would see your canister and go somewhere else. Now, with
so many novices keeping only the essentials in the canister, bears sniff
around anyway. One unintended consequence of the Rangers insisting on
canisters it that the bears have easy pickings on the overflow. 

-----Original Message-----
From: R.J.Calliger [mailto:calliger@infolane.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:27 PM
To: Reynolds, WT; 'Tom Hopkins'; pct-l@backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] john muir trail


At 7:15 PM -0800 7/29/01, Reynolds, WT wrote:
>lots
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Hopkins [mailto:java2@ix.netcom.com]
>any angry bears out there this year???
>
>

hmmm- don't know about angry-- but last year I had several
hungry ones poke there nose in my tent (one at a time- they
took a number from the machine I set up outside) <smile>..

But maybe they were angry after batting my bear cannister
around for a few minutes... I'm gonna fill one with
red pepper one time!!