Bear bagging question was Re: [at-l] How to help a newbie?

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

I would never risk my Leatherman, if I had one, by throwing it over the =
limb.  I've had the rope get tangled to where it wouldn't come down.  =
Or, what if it falls into that ravine that's inevitably on the other =
side of the tree when you most don't want it there?  I hang the rope, =
attach the bag of food and stuff, push and pull it as far up as my =
partner and I can manage, then tie the rope off to the base of that tree =
or another nearby.  I had a partner who could do the two tree bit, but I =
have enough trouble with one limb.  anklebear
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  My brother does that (tieing the rope around a rock/rocks) and it =
seems to take forever to hit the branch that way.  I carry a Leatherman =
as my knife and open that, loop the rope through, close it and toss it =
right over the branch first time every time.  He also does the balanced =
bags thing which likewise I find very inefficient.  I do the western =
Grizzly method hanging the bag on the line between two branches.  =
There's a thread to tangent on - what do folks do and which is best?

  Inquiring minds....

  Black&blue

  In a message dated 02/15/02 10:51:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, =
lwbooher@halifax.com writes:



    I wish I'd known how to hang a bear bag before I started.  It took =
me years
    to learn how.  Now, I have a little bag with a barrel lock that I've =
made
    that attaches to the end of my rope and holds the rocks.  That's a =
huge help
    in getting the rope over the tree limb.  anklebear





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