[pct-l] Bear Canisters

[mdonnay at yahoo.com (Michael Donnay)]

Does anyone know if the NPS rents bear canisters for long-distance
hikers that are hiking through the park?  Can you pick one up at a
ranger station, pay the rental fee and leave a deposit, then drop it
off at the ranger station where you exit the park and get your deposit
back?  Sounds like a good concept, no?

I have no experience with bear canisters but what keeps a bear from
smacking the thing around your camp all night long like a soccer ball,
bashing it against rocks in frustration, and eventually knocking it off
the mountain side?!?!?!  Okay, the bear didn't get your food but you're
SOL too!!  Do these canisters get "chained" to a tree or something? 


		
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