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

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

quote: a bear ripping open my pack because there's the ghost of a food smell
in there somewhere.

This is getting a little carried away IMO.....If you practice keeping your
food properly stored outside and keep your empty pack inside, the smell of a
hiker the bear wants to avoid would overpower any "ghost" food smells in the
pack.  I really don't think people are getting empty packs ripped up out
there.

that said,
needle & thread and maybe a little seam sealer ?

s.c.



----- Original Message -----
From: "erik" <erik@erikgoetze.org>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Repair kit for backpack ravaged by a bear?


> Greetings from a backcountry panoramic photographer and occasional
> PCT section hiker.
>
> I am planning for a backpack trip in an area where there is a heavy
> bear population.
> I recall reading someone's PCT journal where a bear carried their pack off
> and they ran after it and eventually got it to drop the pack.
> Which brings me to my concern: a bear ripping open my pack because
> there's the ghost of a food smell in there somewhere.
>
> 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
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