[pct-l] Re: Renting Bear Can

[backpacker at attbi.com (backpacker)]

> some Rei do that is one thing I hated about the trail the areas 
> requiring them. my food is a lot safer when I hang it from a tree. 
> then a ranger that knows less about bears then I do says well how do 
> we know you know how to hang it right lady I live in bear country. I 
> have no less then 5 bears a night sleeping in my back yard. I live 
> less then 10 miles from Yellowstone national park and have lived and 
> worked in Yellowstone for the last 5 summers this summer 2003 not the 
> summer i was tlaking to her  the only time I chose not to because they 
> stooped having real medical care and the hospital I work for backed 
> out after getting paid so bad and know they have a Disney world clinic 
> and no hospital or medics. but any ways back tot he topic. there isn't 
> any thing lady I don't know about bears and back country living. I 
> teach others how to backpack and hang there food my food is 100 
> percent safer hung from tree then it is in a container on the ground 
> that I saw them getting tested in montana at a bear preserve some of 
> my family members run and saw the thing get ripped to shreds by a bear 
> the ursack was even worse it got shredded in less then 5 minutes. She 
> just said well umm I still think I know more because I am a park 
> ranger I asked how long have you been in this park hmm 1 month and 
> were wear you before that hmmmm Washington dc on the capital mall I 
> was like o yea big bear problems there yep I am sure Mr. Clifton needs 
> to worry about his pet dog being attacked by a bear. I bet every cia 
> agent caries pepper spray for protecting  the president from bears. 
> well we are trained in bear safety. I was like yea i know i took the 
> same class and it was a joke it was a 20 minute video on bear id and 
> how to protect your self. Well you still need to get a bear food  
> container. SO I rented one at a local backpacking store and still hung 
> it like I do my food I had a another dump ranger walk up and say they 
> are not meant to hang I was like look I ma not going through this 
> again those things are worthless for protecting against bears you guys 
> just get a check every year from the companies that make them to force 
> people that like you no nothing about bears to use them .
>
> Stan van den Hark (ETM) wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know if there are locations on the east side of the 
>> Sierra's where I can rent a bear container (somewhere between Bishop 
>> and Mono Lake). Is REI renting them (alternative possibility)?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stan van den Hark
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