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[pct-l] Safety on the Trail

That's too funny.  ROTFL!  

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill & Cathy <tahoe.cat@verizon.net>
>Sent: Feb 13, 2006 5:54 PM
>To: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
>Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
>
>Hi All  I would like to try the Moth Ball method. Do you go out at night to
>catch them ? Do you hold them by the wings or the legs? I guess you have to
>kill them, is it messy?  Remember  "Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill "Semper
>Fi"    LOL
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:17 PM
>Subject: Fw: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: stevewilson1@juno.com
>To: reinholdmetzger@cox.net
>Cc: karenmetzger@cox.net ; paulafcee@aol.com
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
>
>
>I got your message.  Are you sure it's the mothballs keeping the bears away.
>I thought it was your 2 week old socks wrapped around your macadamia nuts
>that kept them away.
>
>Steve
>
>-- "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net> wrote:
>SWITCHBACK,      FIRST OF ALL THERE IS SAFETY IN NUMBERS.     HOWEVER, WHEN
>I HIKE SOLO AND DO NOT CARRY A BEAR CANISTER I ALSO GO STEALTH. I EAT ON THE
>TRAIL SO AS NOT TO CREATE ANY ODORS IN MY CAMP SITE. I GET AS FAR AWAY FROM
>DESIGNATED CAMP SITES AS POSSIBLE AND FIND A SECLUDED SPOT OFF THE TRAIL.
>THE FARTHER THE BETTER SO THE BEARS ARE LESS LIKELY TO SMELL YOU.  REMEMBER
>BEARS LIKE THE PASS OF LEAST RESISTANCE ALSO AND WALK ON THE TRAILS
>FREQUENTLY. I ALSO TRY NOT TO USE MY FLASHLIGHT OR MAKE ANY COMMOTION THAT
>COULD MAKE MY PRESENCE KNOWN. NEVER HAD ANY BEAR PROBLEMS THIS WAY. THE DOWN
>SIDE--IF A BEAR SHOULD INVADE YOUR CAMP SITE HE WILL NOT BE AS INTIMIDATED
>BY LITTLE OLD YOU AS HE WOULD BE BY A GROUP, AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS YOU
>ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>  NOW, WHAT I REALIZED YEARS AGO IS THAT BEARS DO NOT LIKE THE ODOR OF
>MOTHBALLS. AS A MATTER OF FACT I CAN NOT THINK OF ANY ANIMAL THAT DOES.
>SO WHEN I GO WITH A GROUP OR THE BOY SCOUTS I ALWAYS BRING SOME MOTHBALLS.
>BOY, I KNOW IM GOING TO CATCH SOME SH#%?#T OVER THIS.      BUT HEY, IT WORKS
>WE TESTED IT MANY TIMES. IT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP THE BEARS OUT OF THE CAMP
>SITE BUT, BY PUTTING A FEW MOTH BALLS ON YOUR BEAR CANISTER AND THE OPEN
>POCKETS OF YOUR PACK AND AROUND YOUR TENT, THE BEARS WILL MOST LIKELY LEAVE
>YOU ALONE AND HEAD FOR THE OTHER CAMPERS WITH THE LESS OFFENSIVE ODOR.  BOY
>I CAN HEAR THE CRITICISM ALREADY.  "WELL THAT'S NO GOOD ALL YOU'RE DOING IS
>SIC THE BEARS ON THE OTHER CAMPERS."
>      I SAY YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF LET THE OTHER
>CAMPERS  DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. EVERYBODY IS
>RESPONSIBLE FOR THEY'RE OWN  BEAR PRECAUTION.  BEFORE WE STARTED USING MOTH
>BALLS  IT SEEMS WE WERE ALWAYS RUNNING BEARS OFF. NOW IT SEEMS THEY LEAVE US
>ALONE, MORE OR LESS, AND GO AFTER THE OTHER CAMPERS FOOD. SOME PEOPLE SAY
>"BETTER THEM THEN US"
>     I DO NOT, HOWEVER, USE MOTH BALLS WHEN I GO SOLO-STEALTH BECAUSE THE
>SAME ARGUMENT THAT THE MOTH BALL ODOR MAKES YOU LESS APPEALING ,TO THE
>BEARS, THAN THE OTHER CAMPERS MAY ALSO GIVE AWAY YOUR PRESENCE AND DRAW A
>BEAR, TO INVESTIGATE THE ODOR, INTO YOUR CAMP.   BUT NOW THE BEAR DOES NOT
>HAVE LESS OFFENSIVE CAMPERS TO CHOOSE FROM. YOU ARE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN
>AND HE IS THINKING IF  "SWITCHBACK"   GIVES ME ANY TROUBLE I'LL KNOCK  HIS
>HEAD OFF.            IF ANY BODY RECEIVED MY PRIOR TEST POST PLEASE CONFIRM
>SO I CAN EVALUATE THE RESULTS.          JMT REINHOLD,  YOUR COMRADE IN ARMS
>
>
>
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