[pct-l] Food cache: hang or bear canister?

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

I have left food there for I think 6 days without anyone disturbing it.
People seem to really respect these boxes and leave contents abolutely
alone..I had a twig on mine I noticed still there when I returned..
amazing

Richard
At 09:14 AM 6/8/03 -0700, John McGee wrote:
>Food cache: hang or bear canister?
>
>I am planning on doing a 13-day trip for the southern half of the JMT with 
>two other people in late September.  We will be starting from Florence Lake 
>and ending at Whitney Portal.  We are trying to plan one food pickup at 
>Kearsarge.  I have been told that there is a big tree that would be good for 
>hanging food at the Kearsarge/JMT junction.  Is it possible to hang food at 
>this point?  If not, is it possible to use the bear boxes at the Kearsarge 
>parking lot for multiple days (~5) or is the only option to cache an extra 
>bear canister at this point?  Any suggestions would be welcome as I'm a 
>novice to this area.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
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