[pct-l] How to carry...

[Sean 'Miner' Nordeen]

I normally use a larger backpack when I carry a hardshell bear canister then I would normally need otherwise.  Other then the smaller UL packs, most packs have no trouble fitting a bear cannister in vertically.  Just stuff your gear around the cannister to fill in the gaps; don't use individual sacks for your gear or sleeping bag so you can stuff it in odd shapes to fill in all the space.  Some of the larger packs can fit one horizontally like a ULA Catalyst.  If your pack is too small to get the bear vault in vertically (and you don't want to use another pack), you have no choice but to carry it on the outside.  The top is the easiest place to put it, but it makes the pack unstable since its top heavy.  No matter how you carry it on the outside of a small pack, it will compromise some aspect on how your pack carries.  Try it out before hand to see if you can tolerate it.

-Miner


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