[pct-l] Bears and marmot and squirrels

[wpsnotebook at charter.net (Richard Woods)]

It's a conspiracy.
The bears stand guard,
Raccoons and marmots do the heavy lifting.
Squirrels and chipmunks take care of the break-in.
They toss it all out on the ground and carry it off in the bushes to  
divide it up.
The Yosemite crew have it down to a regular routine, 'cause they toss  
half a dozen campsites a night that way.

Rick

On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:06 AM, pct-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net  
wrote:

> We left our packs at the base of Half Dome for only about an hour,  
> as a lightning storm was approaching.  No people bothered them, but  
> one chipmunk and one ground squirrel each ate a hole all the way  
> through the packs directly over our food and into our gorp bags.   
> radar.  The packs were repairable but the food is unsafe due to  
> hanta virus.  Thankfully we were headed home late that same night.   
> It's not just the marmots or bears...
> kim