[pct-l] Food Carriers

[BWIL5272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brad Wilson)]

I've never used an Ursack, I've been to their website and am planning
getting one before I start my hike, do you still need to hang the bag or do
you just tie it to the base of a tree? This may be overkill, but you people
put their cookware in the sack too? I would hate to see a wear run off with
my $75 titanium pot.

I don't cook in camp, I usually have dinner then hike some more before it's
time to retire for the night. If the cookware is cleaned should that do the
job?

I keep reminding myself, I have three holes in the pack I used on the AT.
Each time, a mouse / little animal ate through the nylon to get at an empty
snickers wrapper, inside a Ziploc bag.

Brad

On 1/15/03 2:10 PM, "Frank Kroger" <fkroger1999@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Mike: I would suggest getting an Ursack from the get go. I did not sleep so
> well with my food. When I got the Ursack I tied it to a nearby tree. My plan
> was to get a bell to put on it so that the bear would wake me up, never got
> around to that.
> You can use bear boxes at a few high sierra camp grounds but they tend to be
> frequented by mice. Also you  are more likely to have a bear visit at a camp
> ground.
> Better to stealth camp, down wind from the trail. Unlikely to be visited by
> bear.
> Before I had my Ursack one night I borrowed some space from short term hikers
> whose Bear Cannisters were almost empty because they were at the end of their
> trip.
> I never saw a bear at night, though one day I saw five bears (adult, yearling
> and family of mother & 2 cubs.)
> I rented a Bear cannister too late between Tuolumne Meadows (Yosemite) and
> Sierra City (one day north of I-80 Donner Pass).
> Satellite
> maurer@earthlink.net wrote:A quick question about carrying food.............
>
> Do veteran PCT hikers carry food in a nylon stuff sack, an ursack, or
> some other means? Also, how do you get around the need for a bear
> canister in the Sierras and Yosemite?. Finally, do you tend to sleep
> with your food, hide it in the rocks or does everyone actually sling it
> over a tree every night?
>
> Thanks for the insights.
>
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> Mike Maurer
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