[pct-l] Stealth camping

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

I did that exact hike in 1998 (tahoe to whitney).  what a GREAT 
hike!  you guys are in for a great time.

I also used stealth camping techniques during this hike and only saw 
one bear, which was in "bear alley" inside yosemite and did not 
adhere to stealth camping on that one night.

the rest of the nights, we only camped like 100-200 yds off the trail 
and saw no bears.  I think what contributed most to our no-bear luck 
was the fact that we never camped where we cooked.  We would cook at 
like 6pm and then pack up and continue hiking another 2 hrs and 
locate a camping spot far from where we cooked.  We also realized our 
mistake in Yosemite was to camp in heavily used camping spots near 
other campers, so we really avoided that whenever possible.

email me off the list if you would like to converse more about this.

peace,
dude



> Hi everyone,
> We are planning to stealth camp on our hike from Tahoe to Mt.
> Whitney, but having never done it, I have a question. How far off
> trail do we need to go to avoid bears? Do we just need to be quite
> a ways from the nearest established campsite and a little ways off
> trail? Any hints for locating a good stealth site? There are three
> of us, with three tents, so we will need to find fair sized sites.
> What about above tree-line--are there any soft, comfortable
> places? Thanks for your help--I don't know how we would have
> prepared for this hike without the list! Nancy, for The Women who
> Run with the Chipmunks
> 
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