[pct-l] Repair kit for backpack ravaged by a bear?

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

I had an old external frame pack nearly divided in two vertically by a bear 
in Little Yosemite Valley once.  It took all of my strength (not much at that 
time!) to bend the frame back to near straight and then I took some heavy guage 
nylon thread and needle and just hand stitched the pack cloth back together 
so that it would carry my clothes and cooking items.  In this situation your 
pack doesn't have to be really repaired in fine fashion for long distances as, 
if the bear gets it then it is likely to be pretty well damaged and not worth 
salvaging for anything other than getting you out or onward with the current 
trip.

IMHO,

Greg Hummel

In a message dated 9/9/2004 12:21:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
erik@erikgoetze.org writes:
The question is: what do you think is a good repair kit for a Arcteryx pack
which has been opened by a bear? Has anyone had their pack damaged
by a bear? How did you patch it up?

     erik goetze
     http://www.virtualparks.org