[pct-l] Re: 1. guidebooks 2. Park bears

[carlito at gmail.com (Carl Siechert)]

I've heard this stated on this list many times, but what's the source
of the rumor that long-distance hikers get preferential access to bear
boxes? There's nothing on the official SEKI Web site
<http://www.nps.gov/seki/snrm/wildlife/food_storage.htm> that hints at
this. Nor do I recall ever seeing that on a permit or in a ranger
station or hearing it from a ranger.

More important, those "recreational hikers" have probably never heard
it either, and telling them that you (as a LD hiker) have dibs on the
box probably isn't going to be too effective.

So why do we keep repeating it?


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:16:29 -0800, Marion Davison <mardav@charter.net> wrote:
> Sequoia is loaded with bear boxes, and the recreational hikers are
> supposed to use bear cans and leave the boxes for the long distance
> hikers along the PCT.  I didn't see any boxes north of Woods Creek