[at-l] Bear cables dont work!

[weathercarrot@hotmail.com (The Weathercarrot)]

mara and amy write:

>Wow.  I had no idea.  Do most start out hanging food and get tired
>of it?

<< There's a good network of information on the trail.  When you get to a 
shelter, if there's been bear problems, you'll read about it in the register 
and will then know to bear bag your food. If there haven't been problems, 
most thruhikers think it's not worth it to go through the effort to hang 
food. >>

One thing I need to add to what I said earlier is that in those 
aforementioned "trouble spots" I would definately think twice before 
sleeping with my food. Going through the smokies before mid-april helps (the 
bears tend not to frequent the higher ridge crests before then). Also, they 
will typically avoid shelter-hung food if the shelter is very crowded with 
people (like in Shenandoah). In NJ I will definately be using the bear 
boxes...

wc

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