[philmont] Bear Ropes

If you are camping in the Valle or at Rich Cabins, you will need 2
ropes because there are no bear cables.

Dan Preston
On Jan 18, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Terry Pogue wrote:

> In 2005 we got 1 rope, length? but long enough, enough bags for even 4
> days of food. The only thing I tell folks here in St. Louis to bring
> extra is 2 carabiners to cut down on rubbing rope over cable and for
> attaching oops bag.
>
> Larry Sims <larry_sims_t1288@yahoo.com> wrote:The 2006 Guidebook to
> adventure says that Philmont furnishes 150-foot length of 1/4 inch
> nylon rope that weighs about 2 1/2 pounds.
>>  
>> I remember getting 3 separate bear bag ropes in 2004. They were 80 or
>> 100 feet long with a loop knot in the middle.
>>  
>> What is the collective memory on
>> a. Number of bear bag ropes issued
>> b. Length of each rope
>> c. Etc.
>>
Received on Thu Jan 18 17:08:16 2007