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[pct-l] Bear Canisters
- Subject: [pct-l] Bear Canisters
- From: Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@xxxxxxx)
- Date: Mon Aug 11 13:08:11 2003
JD writes:
> a bear last month on the JMT tried
> to get into the tent in which my son and I were sleeping (we had a canister
> 30' away but I'll still go with the odds);
This is what happens from people sleeping with their food. They may get away
with it, but all it takes is one or two times of a bear crashing a
food-smelling tent to habituate the bear to crashing tents regardless of the smell. It
sounds as though you were a victim of this exact situation. Bears don't do
things unless they either smell the food or have been habituated into expecting
to find food in; cars, backpacks, tents, etc. as they have in Yosemite and
SEKI.
I will either; 1) Carry a bear canister where it is required, or 2) not hike
in those areas.
IMHO,
Greg "Strider" Hummel