[pct-l] Food in the Sierras

[Jason Moores]

 The main thing is that it is not about protecting your food, it's about
protecting the bear

Let's be real, it's about both.

It is perfectly legal to use the bear boxes in the restricted zones

I find the main issue to be not whether it's legal to hike from box to box
but the inconvenience that it causes. I like to be able to hike without
fixed mileages for the day. When I'm done for the day I look for a flat
place...and that's that. No need to push on for miles beyond what my body is
comfortable with.

Akin to this, I like to camp closer to my next pass than the boxes allow
for, so that I don't spend my afternoons postholing to my waist. Most of the
bear boxes are in the valleys between the passes, not near the pass. The
same could be said for summiting Whitney. If you have to sleep near the box
at Crabtree you increase the mileage and elevation gain to the summit,
making for a long morning.

Jackass



On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> On 4/21/2011 4:44 PM, Jason Moores wrote:
> > I was told something similar last year by a ranger near Rock Creek, only
> to
> > have another ranger demand to see my permit and can. When I explained
> what
> > the previous ranger had told me I was told that I was misinformed. I
> guess
> > it all depends on who you run into out there. Last year we ran into 4
> > rangers before Yosemite, the year before, 6. I'd rather carry the
> canister,
> > sleep soundly knowing that my food is protected and leave the legal
> minutia
> > for another time.
>
> The main thing is that it is not about protecting your food, it's about
> protecting the bear.
>
> Gary
>
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