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Old 04-23-07, 09:58 PM
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bring a bear rope, you can hang the food bag 20 meters off the ground pretty easily. your neighbors won't even notice. i hope there are trees nearby. you should be able to find a suitable tree to hang your food 100 meters away, across the road at most campsites.

storing food where there's no trees, bear wire or bear boxes will be a little difficult. bear canisters look like little bear footballs. I 'd want to put the bear cannister closer to my neighbors campsite than mine

there's a 100 meter triangle rule for backcountry camping that is difficult to readily apply at developed campgrounds - although in bear country you definetly do not want to cook near your tentsite

the 100 meter rule is to cook 100 meters away from your tent in bear country, and hang your food 100 meters away at a spot that forms a third point of an imaginary triangle 100meters long on a side.
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