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

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

On (b) and (c) I just don't think so dude. hahahaha  good try though.  They
(bear and cub) smelled the food in the pack simple as that.

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

How is this situation different than any other ?  hahahah 'cmon.....the
black bears want food, they don't just rip up stuff that doesn't smell like
food or attack people out of the blue.

s.c.


----- Original Message -----
From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:21 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Scary bear story & not hanging food


> > 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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