PCT Bear Bag Method

"Those poor little forest creatures were assigned to come and try to get your food. It is their whole role in life."

And my whole role in life is to give them an identity crisis. :)

Here is one of those furry cuties.

–B.G.–

"Here is one of those furry cuties."

Uh, he doesn't look like he's having an identity crisis.
He also looks real well fed. :(

Well fed. Yes, it looked this way after leaving a place called Sphinx Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park.

–B.G.–

"What diameter rope are you using that mice can walk up it? I'd suspect some 2.2mm dyneema arborist rope rated to around 600lbs would serve both your pack weight and your food well."

3mm slippery polyester to avoid cutting through the bark.

"Yes, it looked this way after leaving a place called Sphinx Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park."

I wouldn't be surprised. Have you been up that way lately? I've been wondering how much it's changed since it got discovered by the hordes 25 years ago.

"Have you been up that way lately?"

No, but I've been over Avalanche Pass a couple of times.

I always see people as long as I am on one of the reasonable trails. Get off the beaten track a little, and there's nobody.

–B.G.–

"I always see people as long as I am on one of the reasonable trails. Get off the beaten track a little, and there's nobody"

I used to think that, too. But more and more people are getting into some formerly deserted off trail places. Sphinx Lakes was getting that way 25 years ago, which is why I haven't been back.