[pct-l] Bear Canisters and their uses

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

Then include my rant. "It is a fantasy that anything but bear canisters save
food from bears. Until a bear shows up and tries to get food....and is
defeated by your approach, you have not proved that your approach saves food
from bears."

I am NOT hear speaking of early season thruhikers who traverse the Sierra
before July 1. [weather adjusting] Thruhikers hike before bear season,
typically camp where no one with any brains will and are thru the Sierra in
a very short time. I fully support a thruhiker's right to hike without a
canister IF said thruhiker will simply toss his food on the ground instead
of sleeping with it. [You say bears won't show up to a stealth camp, then
let your actions back up your words].

I am speaking of IDIOTS [like Monte] who believe that because a bear has
never shown up to steal his food, that means his approach works. Until you
have defeated a garbage bear who has actively tried to get your food, you
don't know shit about beating the bears. 

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Kudija [mailto:cmkudija@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:33 PM
To: Marion Davison; Montedodge@aol.com; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Canisters and their uses


Hi, all!  fwiw, I've been taking a class in Advanced Legal Writing this (my
very last! Yippee!) semester in law school.  Our last assignment is to write
a short essay on some issue that is interesting to us - it's called a
"thought paper" (not that I have many thoughts in my head about now...)

So I'm writing about .... the bear canister requirement.  Monte & Marion,
would it be ok with you if I quoted your recent posts?

The paper is essentially a rant about wildlife management responsibilities
being foisted onto the back of backpackers & others, especially PCT through
hikers.

Thanks!
Christine

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