I second Bob's advise on bears, kayaking and food! The idea of a bear canister that costs $80 is ridiculous to me! The whole notion of bears snooping around is as Bob said, due to smell. If you are careful about your odors, the storage in dry bags makes perfect sense. If they can't smell it, they won't know it's there. I started using dry bags on backpacking trips - I would line my pack with a dry bag and stuff all into it. The premise here being that if I were to find myself upside down in a stream crossing, the bag would serve several purposes; keep everything dry, keep my pack afloat (hopefully me as well). If you have your dbag sealed tight, then inside your boat, with hatches sealed, you have a double water tight container, hence air tight as well. I have been as far away from black bears as 10 feet (while trying to haul a loaded boat up a 30 degree inclined gravel tidal beach, with my back turned); I have had bears roaming my campsite at night while I was sawing logs, and (knock on wood here) have not had any bears disrupt my things or my tent! Yes, Bob's and my opinions will probably stir the air, but that has been our experience! Scott Simpson Anchorage Alaska "There is always one more thing you can do to influence any situation" Lt. Gen Harold Moore, USA (Ret) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 30 2002 - 18:47:15 PDT
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