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Skurka: Ineffective & outdated: Six reasons to not hang a bear bag
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Anyone here have experience with Ursack?
For the last 1500 or so miles of the AT I have been using bear boxes, poles, and cables when there, otherwise usually sleeping with my food in my tent. Last one I did was at a really remote campsite by myself in PA where I spent a long time hanging one and it fortunately worked (or at least per the article/comments was "untested").The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
No, but I have run across a few people on the AT using them. Just carefully tie it to tree. The bear can still mash the heck out of your food and slobber on the sack, but you'll have your food.
Astro wrote:
Anyone here have experience with Ursack?
For the last 1500 or so miles of the AT I have been using bear boxes, poles, and cables when there, otherwise usually sleeping with my food in my tent. Last one I did was at a really remote campsite by myself in PA where I spent a long time hanging one and it fortunately worked (or at least per the article/comments was "untested").
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
I haven't used a bear bag in years. My food is my pillow.Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss
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I tried to hang one recently and couldn’t throw my bag high enough, it was very embarrassing. Several attempts went in the bushes and one nearly hit me in the head. I slept with my food that night.Lost in the right direction.
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That has worked for everybody I know, at least so far.
Traffic Jam wrote:
I tried to hang one recently and couldn’t throw my bag high enough, it was very embarrassing. Several attempts went in the bushes and one nearly hit me in the head. I slept with my food that night.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
I still hang my food 95% of the time. Only had a bear approach me during lunch on the AT. Been bothered by a buck and his two does at night once cause I was stealth camped in the middle of his blueberry patch which probably wasn't too bear smart either."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference
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