Comments on: Long weekend hiking plans http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/ a quest for financial independence Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gmbmfb009 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-11737 gmbmfb009 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:10:15 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=5258#comment-11737 Really? Ugh, I hope they don't start requiring them for back country camping up here. Although I don't really see how they can enforce it, because usually when we go hiking, we don't see anyone for days. And also 2.5 lbs?? That is a lot of weight to be lugging around! Really? Ugh, I hope they don't start requiring them for back country camping up here. Although I don't really see how they can enforce it, because usually when we go hiking, we don't see anyone for days. And also 2.5 lbs?? That is a lot of weight to be lugging around!

]]> By: gmbmfb http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-14289 gmbmfb Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:10:13 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=5258#comment-14289 Really? Ugh, I hope they don't start requiring them for back country camping up here. Although I don't really see how they can enforce it, because usually when we go hiking, we don't see anyone for days. And also 2.5 lbs?? That is a lot of weight to be lugging around! Really? Ugh, I hope they don't start requiring them for back country camping up here. Although I don't really see how they can enforce it, because usually when we go hiking, we don't see anyone for days. And also 2.5 lbs?? That is a lot of weight to be lugging around!

]]> By: SP http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-11734 SP Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:40:09 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=5258#comment-11734 A lot of the national parks and forests here have started requiring them for back country camping, no matter what! I guess the bears were getting quite aggressive in some areas, shaking trees or sending their cubs up trees to get food. They are a pretty big pain though, and they add about 2.5 pounds empty! Boo. Plus I can barely get ours open myself! A lot of the national parks and forests here have started requiring them for back country camping, no matter what! I guess the bears were getting quite aggressive in some areas, shaking trees or sending their cubs up trees to get food.

They are a pretty big pain though, and they add about 2.5 pounds empty! Boo. Plus I can barely get ours open myself!

]]> By: SP http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-14288 SP Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:40:09 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=5258#comment-14288 A lot of the national parks and forests here have started requiring them for back country camping, no matter what! I guess the bears were getting quite aggressive in some areas, shaking trees or sending their cubs up trees to get food. They are a pretty big pain though, and they add about 2.5 pounds empty! Boo. Plus I can barely get ours open myself! A lot of the national parks and forests here have started requiring them for back country camping, no matter what! I guess the bears were getting quite aggressive in some areas, shaking trees or sending their cubs up trees to get food.

They are a pretty big pain though, and they add about 2.5 pounds empty! Boo. Plus I can barely get ours open myself!

]]> By: gmbmfb009 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/07/28/long-weekend-hiking-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-11733 gmbmfb009 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=5258#comment-11733 Yes we have TONS of bears up here ... we don't use bear canisters. Sometimes in bigger hiking campsites they have food storage lockers. But there are usually enough people in those areas that bears stay away. If we are camping in the forest, we will just use rope and suspend our food between two trees, really high up. But usually we are camping in the alpine and bears don't really go that far up. Yes we have TONS of bears up here … we don't use bear canisters. Sometimes in bigger hiking campsites they have food storage lockers. But there are usually enough people in those areas that bears stay away. If we are camping in the forest, we will just use rope and suspend our food between two trees, really high up. But usually we are camping in the alpine and bears don't really go that far up.

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