Re: [at-l] Storing your pack

[" bluestreak" <bluestreak@mailcity.com>]

I usually hang my food and leave my pack outside. I cover the pack and leave all zippers partially unzipped so the mice wont have to chew a hole to get in. The only exception to this is if I get caught in a driving rain or I am reasonably sure it is going to rain hard. I take everything into the tent with me so that in the am I cook in my vestibule and then can get packed up and the only thing i have left to do is put the tent on top of the pack and take off. I know that there is some degree of risk here as I hike mainly in the whites and have seen plenty of bears and heard of many encounters.But then I know where the heavy populations are. I hope. I also hang my boots. I had one chewed up by porkys.


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the bluestreak
New Hampshire

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:15:05   Fourwh1021 wrote:
>In a message dated 2/12/99 11:35:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>ARTCLOUTMN@aol.com writes:
>
><< Having experienced bears in the White Mountains of NH  I bear bag >>
>Having seen bears on the road, and one on the redheads porch last summer, I
>bear bag if I'm cooking out on the grill.
>
>Patty
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