In a message dated 5/30/2002 10:04:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, michaeldaly_at_rogers.com writes: > By the way, you have to be very careful in assuming that the bear > can't smell the food in your gear. While you may be ok on the first > day, opening and closing the food bags while preparing meals will > tend to transfer the scent to the outside of the bags over time. > Bears have lots more nose than you do. I wholeheartedly agree and wish to add that only one incident is required to forever turn a bear into a human food lover forever. I respect peoples opinions on bear country camp hygiene, however, if your opinions run across the grain of professionals like Herrero's advice you might be playing fast and loose with other peoples lives, as well as that bear's, that bear's cubs, and so on. Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 - 08:22:07 PDT
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