[pct-l] Scary bear story & not hanging food

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

> Of course, if they'd been using bear canisters, there wouldn't have
> been an experience to handle.

This cannot be said with any certainty. If they had cannisters...
(a) the bear STILL may have wondered into camp because cannisters do 
not keep the smell of food from reaching the bear,
(b) the bear STILL may have ripped up their packs because he's 
obviously already been trained to know that hikers keep food in 
unattended packs
(c) the bear *could* have still attempted to attack one of them

I don't see how carrying a cannister in *THIS* particular situation 
would have improved anything.

peace,
dude

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