[pct-l] bears & food

[gray_hiker at mindpoison.org (Gray)]

Then don't use one.

And don't bitch when you are fined for not using one.

Let's see... rocks: useless weight
Bear can: useful weight.

Not a fair comparison. 

Obviously, they thought it was something that was useful, else, they
would have stopped carrying it. 

Sure, I think that if **everyone** camped smart, that this would be a
non-issue. However, everyone *is not* going to camp smart. And the rest
of us have to deal with the fact that bears can, and will, attempt to
get to our food. It makes sense, to me, to have a device that they
simply can't get into. If it doesn't make sense to you, then don't carry
one. But don't try to convince others that they shouldn't as well.

Gray

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Hiker
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:08 PM
To: pct-l@backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] bears & food

At 10:19 PM 12/30/03, Jon Lovejoy wrote:
>  Also, by carrying it from the start I
>didn't have to bitch & moan & totally rethink my pack at Kennedy
Meadows
>when it showed up with my resupply.

Why not pick up a couple of rocks and carry them too?

Makes about as much sense a carrying a bear can all that way. They
killed 
the ONE problem bear that lived in that whole stretch (near Little
Jimmy,) 
and it was a problem from the trash cans and day hikers, NOT
canister-less 
thru hikers.


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