lambertiana
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thirdpersonmatt - the real trick is to fit a week's worth of food in the canister. I regularly go for eight day trips in areas where they are required. You have to get creative with food choice, and repackage a lot of it so that it fits. And it's not just your food that has to go in the canister - anything with a scent has to be in the canister, too. This includes bug spray, sunscreen, toothpaste, chapstick, etc.
Having had bears investigate my canister at night on more than one trip makes me glad that I had the canister (with all my stuff safely inside). Too many bears around here know how to get hung food from trees, so that method is unreliable.
Having had bears investigate my canister at night on more than one trip makes me glad that I had the canister (with all my stuff safely inside). Too many bears around here know how to get hung food from trees, so that method is unreliable.