 Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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on: March 17, 2016, 12:44:41 PM
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DRink
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Do you hang it from a tree? What if no trees (like in Arizona)? Leave on bike in Zip lock bags?
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 04:19:13 PM
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bmike-vt
Location: Horgen, Switzerland
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 04:19:13 PM » |
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In the east I hang from a tree. I just got an Ursack, so I'll be trying that out this season - likely hanging that when I can.
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #2 on: March 19, 2016, 06:45:03 AM
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Bobonli
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2016, 06:45:03 AM » |
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Are you using just the sack, or the sack with the liner bag and aluminum support ring?
The last two seem a bit bulky for riding with..
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #3 on: March 19, 2016, 10:56:42 AM
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Adam Alphabet
Location: Vancouver, BC
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2016, 10:56:42 AM » |
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Do you hang it from a tree? What if no trees (like in Arizona)? Leave on bike in Zip lock bags?
100% depends on where I am. Context is key. |
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #4 on: March 19, 2016, 12:59:26 PM
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bmike-vt
Location: Horgen, Switzerland
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2016, 12:59:26 PM » |
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Are you using just the sack, or the sack with the liner bag and aluminum support ring?
The last two seem a bit bulky for riding with..
Just the sack and the Opsack bag or freezer bags. Works well so far, but I've only used it once on the bike, once on an overnight backpack. |
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #5 on: March 20, 2016, 08:30:38 AM
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dh024
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2016, 08:30:38 AM » |
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I have been using an Ursack for a couple of years. I hang it when I can; otherwise, I just tie it off to something solid away from my shelter. Great and lightweight option for keeping all kinds of critters out of your food, and they pack really well in backpacks and panniers.
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #6 on: March 23, 2016, 04:26:27 PM
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wahday
Location: New Mexico
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2016, 04:26:27 PM » |
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I always hang a bag and employ the camp/cook/sleep 100 yards away in a triangle which is what they teach before they let you backpack in Denali. I have only backpacked in treeless areas and there I had a bearproof container which was a bit bulky for the bike. I don't really have a good answer to places without trees beyond odor proofing and stashing far from camp. I would not keep it attached to the bike. If a bear does encounter it, they may cause some damage trying to get into the bag.
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #7 on: April 14, 2016, 06:54:18 AM
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Lentamentalisk
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2016, 06:54:18 AM » |
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Got an Ursack Minor (critter proof, not bear proof) for use in MA/VT and plan to tie it to something when I'm in a campground (possibly with odor bag) and hang in a tree with the odor bag when roughing it.
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Topic Name: How to store food overnight?
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Reply #8 on: April 14, 2016, 10:21:18 AM
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bakerjw
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« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2016, 10:21:18 AM » |
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If it holds or has held food, hang it from a tree.
Way back when our scout troop went to Philmont, a guy in the troop spilled some kool aid on an air mattress that he used with a hammock. In the morning, he woke to find his air mattress chewed up, by his head, and bear footprints all over the ground around where he'd been sleeping.
Even the lightest odor will attract many creatures.
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