[pct-l] Mike's bear experiment

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

Yeah. We're green when it comes to bears.
For the record, in my entire backpacking career, I've NEVER had my
food/smelly stuff raided by a bear. Depending on where I'm at, I'll
either hang my stuff or simply haul it into my tent (Cpt. Bivy style!).
This was my first time carrying a can. And I advocated renting one even
though it wasn't required. If for nothing else, it provided peace of
mind while sleeping.
We weren't out for a long time or doing huge miles (longest day was
Saturday : 12-13 miles from Chicken Spring Lake to Rocky Basin Lakes via
the footpath, back down to the Tunnel Meadow trail, then back up to
Rocky Basin via the horse trail...) so packing the extra weight of the
can wasn't a problem.

I do want to get a BV200, though! I hope they pass test...

M i c h a e l   S a e n z
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Courtway [mailto:scourtway@bpa-arch.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:34 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mike's bear experiment

good experiment, I'm glad you rookies were only out there for a couple
days
hahahahaha j/k.

FYI, when a bear gives a bear can attention, it sniffs it, knocks it
over,
and moves on out of your camp.

s.c.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
To: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>;
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Mike's bear experiment


> I figured that if a bear found both the can and the hung bag near each
> other, we'd see which one got the most attention.
>
> Not exactly "The Scientific Method", but it would have ("would have"
> being the key words here) vindicated my insistence that we carry a
bear
> can.
>

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