[pct-l] bear canister

[kraig.mottar at verizon.net (Kraig Mottar)]

Why are bear canisters required and what exactly are they?

I'm assuming its a safety issue. Safety laws are a waste in my opinion, like drug laws, seatbelt laws, and helmet laws. If someone needs to be protected from themselves, it is very importantant that we go out of our way to not protect them from themselves. I mean with overpopulation, court costs, etc.

Kraig


> From: "AsABat" <AsABat@4Jeffrey.Net>
> Date: 2005/02/09 Wed PM 08:16:59 PST
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] bear canister
> 
> You were lucky she started to understand. I was stopped by a ranger going
> down from Whitney. I had a 6-day permit starting at Trail Pass but was
> coming out on the third day. My G4 pack was smaller than her day pack and
> she thought I pulled a Trail Pass permit for a day hike because the day
> permit quota was full. She grilled me for 20 minutes about where I'd been,
> what I saw, and where I camped each night. She then called another ranger
> and went through it all again before letting me continue. She then decided I
> must be telling the truth. It probably would have been faster to just empty
> my pack and show her my gear. And, yes, I had a bear can!
> 
> AsABat
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>  
> When I was on my JMT YO YO  this summer on my way bac,.  I got stopped by a
> ranger somewhere between Reds Meadow and Donahue Pass.   She asked for my
> ID, permit and bear canister..  She got upset that I didn't have a
> canister...
> 
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