[pct-l] Popcorn on the PCT

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Unsupported _reinholdmetzger at cox.net_ (mailto:reinholdmetzger at cox.net)  
writes: Bears are  plentiful on the JMT and they love buttered pop corn.  Say, I 
was wondering  how are you going to cram all that buttered pop corn in your bear 
 canister?
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Switchback  the Can replies: Ha, ha, ha.  I have my own technique of using 
bear  canisters.  I use the light weight BearVault Solo canister when  required. 
 It easily fits into my 18 ounce Breeze pack.  No  problem.

 
I pack it with most of my foods.  There is enough food in it, so if  I get 
wiped out by a bear I can easily make it out of the Sierras or to the next  
resupply point.  The other food I just hang from a tree and tie the cord  off on 
another tree.  I keep a clean campsite and have never had a bear get  my food 
in 40 years of hard core hiker trash backpacking.  
 
I also urinate around the two trees to let them know it is Switchback the  
Trail Pirate they are dealing with and to beware.  This is probably what  really 
does the trick in keeping bears away.  I have not only a reputation  in the 
hiking community, but in the wilds too.  For different  reasons hikers usually 
try to avoid me and the same is true for  bears.  My legend is the result of 
decades of bear  encounters.  This knowledge has been passed down through 
countless bear  generations from the older bears to the younger bucks just starting 
their  pillaging life style.  
 
For the bags of popcorn on the Mt. Whitney Expedition, I will just put them  
in my large pack netting pocket.  I thank you.
 
 
 



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