

| Subject: | Re: camping with bears |
| From: | neil n |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:42:43 -0700 |
Cool. Sounds like you've had far more experience than me with these matters. Contents are cool(er), less odour. Good point. Thanks Neil. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 1:21 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: I've used a bear can for backpacking for some years. In Denali, Yosemite, > King's Canyon, Big Bend, Great Smokies. Manufacturers and park rangers > state that bears basically ignore these cans, recognizing that they can't > get into them. Don't know about the Yeti, but it evidently is approved for > use in the Northern Rockies, including Yellowstone. The cans all have > gaskets that should seal against odors. Yeti does too. Of course, with > the Yeti, the food is supposed to be cold, so less odorous, anyway, I > suppose. > > But your question sounds reasonable to me. > > mcneely > > > > > ---- neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > One thought. Why would I want a bear getting pissed off because he can't > > get into my Yeti? > -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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