>From what I remember, most of the "bear" problems we had were more of
camper problems. I can't remember any properly hung bear bags being
gotten into at Philmont during my tour.
The real challenge is getting campers to learn about smellables and
making sure bears don't get to them.
I've been amazed at how many crews I ran across in my days that would
leave smellables down and not hung. If they didn't bother to put stuff
in the bear bags, I doubt that their stuff will get into bear
canisters.
Dr Bob brings up a great point as to the inevestment for canisters,
storage space in basecamp, and the current food packaging. It's not
something that I could forsee happening unless a problem arises that
would need that for a solution. There's lots of other things that need
to be paid for at Philmont before that.
Besides, think of the learning and bonding experience that hanging
bearbags are at Philmont. Its not hard. Bear canisters would take
away from that. Not much to learn or character building that goes into
putting your stuff in a plastic box.
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