[pct-l] Bear 'Can Loans

[Jeffrey Olson]

I wonder if you could use a bear canister as a bounce box?  Or would it 
just add cost to each bounce...

Jeff.

On 2/28/2013 11:34 AM, surferskir at aol.com wrote:
> I agree.  I thought of being a nice guy, like you, but now I can see that the trouble is not worth it.
> Sorry.
>
> My advice is to buy a Bear Vault.  Use it for the time necessary. Mail it home. then advertise it on e-bay for maybe a few dollars less thany you paid for it.  You get the use of it for less than renting, and the buyer gets a Bear Vault he can use in the same way.
>
> --Dennis--
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> To: PCT listserve <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 6:34 am
> Subject: [pct-l] Bear 'Can Loans
>
>
> Good morning,
>
> In the past I’ve loaned my bear ‘can to hikers at no charge; mailing it to
> them, at my expense, to Kennedy Meadows.  I even included a self-addressed
> label that could simply be stuck on the outside of the ‘can for returnmailing.
> The understanding was that they would mail it back to me, at their expense,
> sometime after they had passed the SIBBG control area.  That ‘can has made
> a lot more trips through the Sierra than I have.
>
> The results have been mixed:
>
> It has always been returned; unlike a pair of instep crampons that I loaned
> 5 seasons ago that have yet to show up.
>
> One 'can recipient complained that they really wanted a BearVault rather
> than what I have.
>
> Another recipient objected to paying the return postage because they had to
> pay the store holding fee.
>
> One time the ‘can was returned with its inside coated with some really
> gross food residue.
>
> I’ve never received a “thank you”.
>
> Overall, it’s not been a very satisfactory experience.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
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