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

[jape at nethere.com (Eckert)]

a) agreed,  assuming one who bothered to lug a cannister would ignore 
the instructions to place the cannister away from one's campsite
b) if it wasn't trained before, it certainly has been now
c) agreed, but have the odds now increased for this bear to more 
aggressive with the next hikers it encounters?

d) (my own)  if thru hikers are too early in the season to meet many 
bears, and these thru hikers met bears, but they were hiking 8-10 behind 
the pack, where's the break even point.  i.e. If one were to leave KM on 
6/15, in a heavy snow year, is no cannister is a good gamble?  But 
leaving KM at the same time on a light snow year, better take the can? 
 I guess I don't see how to make a good judgement call at KM.

dude wrote:

>(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.
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