[pct-l] Food Bags

[dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com]

That answers part of my previous question about exposed sleeping.

 

In AZ we seem to have lots of little things that want to chew into your food
sack, in the desert.  The ring tailed cats will take your food bag while you
are cooking in some spots.  I always hang here and the wire mesh bags have
become more popular. Never tired the Ursack bear or mini bear bags.

 

Not cooking where you camp helps.

 

Ps.  You lay your bag in some pretty snakey looking spots judging from your
photo's.  Just brave???

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

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From: CHUCK CHELIN [mailto:steeleye at wildblue.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 8:03 AM
To: dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags

 

Good morning,                      

My food is usually carried in two SilNylon sacks or, when required, in the
bear 'can.  Rarely, I carry a Ursack in areas where bears can be marginally
pesky, such as between Echo Summit and Sierra City.  I've never had lil'
critters try to get into my food when it's lying on the ground at the head
of my bed -- and that's while sleeping under the stars.

Someone recently asked about choosing a campsite:  I try to avoid well-worn
sites for several reasons, one of which is that's where the lil' critters
seem to gather due to the food people drop or leave laying around.

I like to leave the larger sites to people using a tent or a group of tents.
Since I usually camp alone and under the stars my "campsite" needs only to
be a reasonably flat and level spot 2' wide and 7' long.  

Steel-Eye

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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com> wrote:

Just curious what people are using for food bags to keep the critters out,
other than at bear vault areas.  Ursack, wire mesh bag, just hang it etc.
???







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