i'll keep the wandering topic going a little here...hope we don't need SAR
I'll be heading up on Sun for a day hike on Thurs. Orignally I wasn't planning on using a bear cannister, thinking a cooler or any container for the food would be ok as long as it was in the bear locker. (And since I don't own one, just another thing to add to the list of equipment upgrades needed) After reading about folks not securing the bear lockers, and the bears and other varmits becoming a little more 'assertive' in their quest for food, I'll be renting a bear cannister from the hostel/store to keep my food a little safer while I'm camping and day hiking. I would hate to return to camp after my first light hike on Monday and find all my vittles gone based on a bear locker that someone else left open. Hopefully, if something like that happens, I would be able to find the bear cannister in the general area with my vittles still inside.
FYI..The rental cost from the protal store/hostel is $2.00 per night.
