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[pct-l] Olympic Trip
I'm off to the Olympics on a 12 day Bailey Range traverse. Going to be
testing out my new Feathered Friends Hummingbird. Decided to go with the Zip
wood burning stove this time -- we can heat water for showers without having
to worry about a limited fuel supply. Going to argue that it's a STOVE, not a
FIRE. And the sign said no fires - stoves only. They want us to volunteer to
carry bear barrels, but I don't want to have bears hanging around my camp
waiting for me to eat so they can mug me before I swallow - Hey -- that's the
strategy I would use if I were a bear frustrated with that canister. Them
humans got to take the food out of the thing sooner or later and when they do
-- wham! After all, who the hell is gonna stop me from TRYING to take their
lunch away. The dogs are all on leashes and the pencil pushing promulgators
are miles down the trail
Guess it's more fun to try to outwit the bear at the expense of the
backpackers pack weight than it is to try making the bear stop trying to get
our food, at the expense of the Park budget
They always yammer on about keeping the ecosytem in the Park in its natural
state. Well, bears approaching our camps in search of food ain't natural.
It's a result of management failure - they ALLOWED the bears to lose their
fear of man by concentrating on matching wits instead of using a deterrence
strategy. And canisters are going to scare them?