Re: [pct-l] Food and Bears

[Kevin Schmidt <kevins@statenet.com>]

On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Larry P McDuff wrote:

>Felix said he never hangs his food but sleeps with it and never has any
>trouble.
>
>So that's what we did for the rest of the hike, sometimes in our tent and
>sometimes under the stars, and we never had any trouble either.
>

I've down most, if not all of my backpacking, from Tahoe North in
California. While there are still plenty of bears around, they don't
seem to be nearly as "educated" as the bears along the JMT. I have
always used a version of the counter balance method and have never had
any problems. While hiking a trail in the Trinity Alps last year I
met a guy who sleeps with his food and swears by it(20+ years with no
incident). 

For some reason, call me a wimp if you have to, I can't bring myself
to do this. Is there anyone out there who has any stories to back up
my fears, or am I just being overly paranoid?

Kevin-


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