[pct-l] tendonitis and bear boxes?

[dude@xxxxxxxxxxx (dude)]

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I used a bear box in the rea lakes area on the JMT in 98.  no
problems at all.  I can't see how any criter at all could ever get
into a bear box.  once you see them, you will see.  its constructed
of steel thicker than the body of car, and requires opposable (sp?)
thumbs.  tiney critters, like insects, might be able to infest it the
box, but every bear box I have seen has been clean and no signs of
bugs.

we also used stealth techniques the rest of our trip and had no
problems, even in Yosemite.  if you camp between Yosemite Valley and
Tuolumne, i recomend either using a cannister, or camping far away
from any other established campsites.  we saw like 3 shredded packs
from the previous night when hiking through this area in 98.
however, the bear situation seems to be improving, as we saw nothing
of the sort when passing this area in 2001.

just be cautious and smarter than the bears, and you'll do fine.

peace,
dude



> Those bear boxes will keep out the bears but they don't seem to
> always keep out the smaller critters. The only bear box I used was
> at Crabtree Meadows. Some type of mouse, squirrel, etc. got in and
> had a little bit of a feast. So, I wouldn't trust a nylon bag.
> But, what else are going to have available?
>
> Marshall Karon
> Portland, OR
> m.karon@attbi.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Goldfarb" <natgold@ufl.edu>
> To: " pct-l" <" pct-l"@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:42 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] tendonitis and bear boxes?
>
>
>> Hi fellow hikers-
>>
>> I had posted that I may have a stress fracture that would
>> threaten our JMT hike in June.  The bonescan was negative for a
>> fracture and I'm being treated for peroneal tendonitis (Relefan
>> and physical therapy). My doc says our trip should be on!!!!  I
>> have about 5 weeks to heal, though this means a trip without
>> training (I am biking and stretching and swimming, but no walking
>> with weight).  you can't win them all.  we will just take it very
>> slow to start...in fact we may start at Happy Isles instead of
>> Horseshoe to limit our initial food weight.
>>
>> Question 1:  Does anyone recommend a better insole for such a
>> problem. I have superfeet in my Clarions...the NB 806 with
>> spencos is what we think started the tendonitis, as they were a
>> bit big to account for swelling.
>>
>> Question 2:  IF we start south, we will hike from Horseshoe to
>> VVR.  All of our food wont't fit in our cannisters, so we were
>> planning on using bear boxes (and stealth tactics)  for the
>> rest...there seem to be many boxes between Whitney and VVR
>> according to Winnet's guide.  When putting the rest of our food
>> in the bear boxes should we just place it in our nylon stuff sack
>> and place that into the bear box?  Is this safe from animals or
>> is there a better way?
>>
>> Thanks for all the help on everything.  I have truely enjoyed the
>> message board.  We are so excited and happy that our trip is on!
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> Nate
>>
>>
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