[Cdt-l] Cdt-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 16 bear sray in Canada
Glen McLeod
mcleod52 at msn.com
Thu May 20 12:31:29 CDT 2010
Hi Jack--(words never said on a plane) I did a sectional hike from Waterton to McDonald Pass last year. I took Counter Assault Bear Deterrent across the Canadian border. No Problem . They did ask to see it and focused on the bear picture on the can. The Custom regulation call for 1% Capsaicin but as long as it has a US EPA label you are fine. Pepper Spray are allowed if it is for bears not personal attack types. So, if it has the EPA registered I would not worry. If, the custom personal are in a "bad mood" then you could be charged for importation of a pesticide for about $10.00
You can not take anything on a plane flight. So I purchased mine in Seattle and took it on the train ride to East Glacier. I did see it for sale in East Glacier. The ride I got to Waterton from East Glacier using the shuttle got me in late, so purchase there may be a timing issue.
Enjoy your hike
Glen McLeod
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> Just so that there are no surprises, there are two more people starting nobo this season and that is sugar glider and oreamnos. We are being picked up by sam hughes tomorrow morning in lordsburg and will hit the trail at crazy cook by the afternoon. Good luck to everyone who has already started and we hope to be running into you.
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> per goat man - the goats don't like the heat of the desert so he has moved ahead to emory pass and the cooler temps of the mountains - aussie dave is here tonight and will leave in the morning nobo
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> Just curious as to what "trough contaminated due to cattle" means exactly. Are you referring to the standard, unavoidable mouth-to-water use by cows, or something actually concerning such as visible cow plop in the troughs, unusual odors, or the like? Also, by "trough" do you mean a raised drinking "station" for stock, or a stock pond, obviously requiring treatment?
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> J.Ley NM 12 Jones Spring Trickle from pipe. Trough is full.
> FWIW: Met a local hiker there. He said the water is fine from the pipe. Trough contaminated due to cattle.
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> Hello CDT'ers.
> Mrs. Yang that runs the Del Prado Motel in Cuba New Mexico, lets CDT hikers(And ONLY Hikers) take her Notebook computer with free wifi internet access back to your room. This is way cool cause the library times your hour down to the second!.
> Also she wants to let you know on Sundays you might have to wait till after 7PM to register at the Del Prado cause Mrs. Yang goes to Church. Every other day of the week she is there though.
> Super Hiker friendly person. She keeps a hiker box in the office for us too.
> I just keep meeting great people everywhere in New Mexico.. Except for whomever is throwing all those Bud Light cans out their car window all across the state... But that's another story.
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> I asked this a few months ago, but didn't get an answer. How do I start a SOBO hike with bear spray? Am I allowed to bring it in to Canada? Can I buy it in Waterton?
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> Thanks!
> Jack Haskel
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> > I want to start at Waterton, with a can of Counter Assault. Yogi indicates that I can't cross the border with it. But Counter Assault sent me a document from 10 years ago saying that it's legal. What do other thruhikers do? How can I start my hike with some spray? Is the only option to have some mailed to the Canadian post office General Delivery?
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> > The document is attached, it's a pdf and virus free.
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> There is an outfitter in downtown Waterton who may carry bear spray. Check Waterton's town website to connect. And hey you north bounders, at least in 2008 they shuttled you to the border and they had CDT t-shirts!! As I recall as long as long as it's really bear spray with all the safety precautions labeled on the can it's fine. Also remember bear spray can't fly! Ship it to your self via ground mail or take the train. Before you start hiking stop in at a little cafe near the campground - awesome pies!!!
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> I asked this a few months ago, but didn't get an answer. How do I start a SOBO
> hike with bear spray? Am I allowed to bring it in to Canada? Can I buy it in
> Waterton?
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> Thanks!
> Jack Haskel
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> On Mar 25, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Jack Haskel wrote:
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> > I want to start at Waterton, with a can of Counter Assault. Yogi indicates
> that I can't cross the border with it. But Counter Assault sent me a document
> from 10 years ago saying that it's legal. What do other thruhikers do? How can I
> start my hike with some spray? Is the only option to have some mailed to the
> Canadian post office General Delivery?
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> > The document is attached, it's a pdf and virus free.
> > <healthcanadaletter.pdf>
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> From: Brian Dickson <briansolar1 at yahoo.co.uk>
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> Mrs Yang was great to us last year too. Wouldn't let us leave until we had had a homemade smoothie - which powered us all the way up the San Pedros north from Cuba.
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> Your Bud Light comment also chimed- we?joked to ourselves that Bud Light was the New Mexico state flower, with so many lying beside the jeep tracks. Fear not though Mathew, they disappear on the Colorado border!
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> Enjoying reading your reports?and just to say that the remaining New Mexico section north to the border is a lovely hike. Have fun!
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> Hello CDT'ers.
> Mrs. Yang that runs the Del Prado Motel in Cuba New Mexico, lets CDT hikers(And ONLY Hikers) take her Notebook computer with free wifi internet access back to your room. This is way cool cause the library times your hour down to the second!.
> Also she wants to let you know on Sundays you might have to wait till after 7PM to register at the Del Prado cause Mrs. Yang goes to Church. Every other day of the week she is there though.
> Super Hiker friendly person. She keeps a hiker box in the office for us too.
> I just keep meeting great people everywhere in New Mexico.. Except for whomever is throwing all those Bud Light cans out their car window all across the state... But that's another story.
> -Iceaxe
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