[pct-l] Bear-bagging?

[AsABat]

And besides all that, the tree in the picture they used to teach how to bear
bag fell down years ago. None of the other trees have suitable branches.

Seriously, in the prime bear areas, bears have learned to remove food hung
from trees. Swing the branch, send baby bear out to get it, chew the branch
off, or just climb above the branch and kamikazi dive down to it.

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:19 PM, <enyapjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> > I read that bear canisters are required on a few parts of the trail. Can
> you
> > just bear bag your food from a tree 10 feet from the ground and 10 feet
> from
> > the tree and 5 feet below the branch?
>
> Slightly longer answer:
> In whatever areas bear canisters are required, hanging is NOT allowed...
> In Seki there are some food storage lockers (bear boxes) in the bear
> canister required areas...
> In Yosemite on the PCT there are bear boxes at Tuolumne Meadows and Glen
> Aulin only - leaving minimum distance
> of 28 miles before Tuolumne and 50 miles after Glen Aulin to cover without
> 'camping' to be 'legal'...
> See <http://postholer.com/faq.php#Canister> for more info & links to
> agency websites...
>
> Happy trails!!!
> Jim (PITA)
>
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