[BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI

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

> I better catch a lot of fish

you can practically walk accross the surface of the rae lakes there's so 
much trout in there.....



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
To: "bearvault" <sales@bearvault.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: RE: [BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI


> Great.
> I'll be in this exact area week after next...
>
> And my new BV300 is grizzly approved???
> (maybe the Rae Lakes Loop yogis are just "smaaarrrtter than the average
> bear!")
>
> To BearVault: Send me an extra BV300 and I'll stuff it with smoked
> bacon, slather steak sauce on it and leave it out to see just how well
> it performs... Of course, I'll follow the directions and secure the lid
> properly...
>
> I better catch a lot of fish.
>
>
> Michael Saenz, Associate Partner
> McLarand    Vasquez    Emsiek   &   Partners,   Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of bearvault
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:48 PM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [BULK] - [pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI
>
> We wanted to let you know of a development that affects the use of the
> certain bear canisters in a specific area of the Sierra. The Kearsarge
> Lakes/Charlotte Lake/Upper Bubbs Creek areas have had several BearVaults
> and Bearikades broken into by a bear(s).  At this time these incidents
> are isolated to this specific area and possibly one or more bears. Due
> to the local and specific nature of these incidents the enclosed
> document was sent out by the Whitney Ranger Station concerning this
> area.   BearVault is obtaining several of the canisters from the
> incidents in this area in an effort to determine the cause of the
> failures.
>
> The Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group has pointed out that at this
> time this does not affect the approval status of any BearVault models.
> The local rangers will attempt to tag the suspected bear(s) and observe
> its behavior during interactions with bear canisters put in the area to
> observe what is happening.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jamie
>
>
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