[pct-l] Bearikade retrofits

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

Actually, they are only supposed to charge you if you had been of the people
that used the bear can as a cook pot and subsequently weakened it. I had
mine retrofitted for no charge last year.

They had sold it to me as an "approved" can...and since the approval was
revoked, I could no longer legally use it.

If you talk nice and explain it this way...they will probably waive the
charge...

Redwood


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bearikade retrofits


> I called wild ideas regarding this bearikade retrofit issue, it seems
rental
> people were using them as cook pots and it compromised the seal on the
> bottom end.  They replaced the bottom seal with a CNC closure.  Without
the
> time to send mine in for retrofitting, I'll be once again amidst the
> SCOFF-LAWS of the high sierra by using my older can heh heh, but no fear
> oldstyle bearikade users and wilderness perservationists, wild-ideas told
me
> a story over the phone about a rental bearikade that sat in the bubbs
creek
> drainage for over a year, subsequently attracting probably many bears, and
> when it was finally found and returned it was still intact.  So since I
> never cooked in mine it should be o.k.  I wonder if I'll run into any
techie
> rangers looking for old bearikades......I'll retrofit mine after this
year's
> hike.  It's $25.00.
>
> s.c.
>
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