[Philmont] Number of Bear Bags for Philmont

We have used nylon mesh "playground ball" bags for bear bags. We have them
in multiple colors, one for every two crew members. It streamlines the
process; each pair puts their own food and personal smellables into their
own bag at night, and each loads up their packs from their own bag in the
morning.
 
It also made it easy to find our bags on the cable in the early morning
light; we didn't';t have to figure out which feed sacks were ours.
 
Dan Bestul
Troop 180
Monroe, Wisconsin
Philmont 2003 and (if all goes according to plan) 2008
Double H 2004
 
 
 

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From: Philmont@troop47.com [mailto:Philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Daniel
Smart
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:29 AM
To: Philmont List Member
Cc: mycales@tx.rr.com
Subject: [Philmont] Number of Bear Bags for Philmont

Shane:
I'm new to the list, so howdy, and have a 2008 expedition scheduled.

I see that you had custom bear bags made. Bar napkin calculations show them
to be about 80 liters each. How many of these bags do you need for a worse
case load at philmont?
Do you put all bags on one line? Do you use para cord, and if so, do you
use it doubled?

We are teaching our scouts the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) method of bear bag
hanging. Has anyone tried this at Philmont?

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/bear_bag_hanging_te
chnique.html

-- 
-=Dan=-
Dan Smart
Crew Advisor
Venturing Crew 538
Birmingham, AL
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