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[pct-l] Failed Bear Hang
- Subject: [pct-l] Failed Bear Hang
- From: john@frozenpoodle.com (John Brennan)
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 07:44:24 -0800
>did the hang fail because the bear didn't, or
>was it more of a matter of the suspension failing?
Eckert (again)
I should have added more detail, but it was the wrong topic at the time.
Rock bear hangs are, as you suggested, hanging food over a rock. Keep the
food so that the bear can't get it from below or side, and put the line at
the top in a crack or other place that a paw can't get into.
My only PCT rock bear hang failed because of suspension: Human error, not
bear success. I had 10 days worth of food, 4 days of it in a canister. A
knot failed on the hang. It crashed down and the silnylon bag got a little
shredded in the fall. I restored the hang successfully, and the bag was
usable for the rest of the trip with a little duct tape.
To my knowledge, I never had a bear after my food, whether it was in a bear
hang, in a canister, or in a critter hang (just enough to keep it away from
small rodents-far easier than a bear hang.)
John B./Cupcake
http://www.cupcakewalk.com