Hey all, bears are in many places the least of your worries. It's the racoons and other small animals that are going to get your stuff before the bears do. I've had a chipmonk run into camp, grab a candy bar and take off before I could so much as blink much less react. I reacll an article I read awhile ago about ursine smell. Supposedly you cannot effectively mask the smell of food from bears beyond hermetically sealing it and never opening the package. OK, enough about bags. Why don't we discuss some hanging techniques. One things that really helped my hanging was a small sack filled with parachute cord I got specifically for the purpose. You fill the sack with rocks which gives it a great throwing heft. The parachute cord is smooth so won't snag on anything and is very static so doens't stretch much. -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 31 2002 - 02:39:54 PDT
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