Hi Terry, everyone else would feel better if you had a system too. One tree could actually be worse than none I'm afraid. If you want to avoid hanging, some people are happy with bearproof barrels. Some are even more conscientious and even hang or store them far from camp.

There is a hanging system you can get ideas from on QJ starting at http://www.quietjourney.com/trip2_quetico/bear00817.html Poke around the pages that follow. It's served me well for a while now. There have even been a few who e-mailed just to say after seeing those pages they tried it and actually liked it.

Keep in mind what you're really protecting is the bear and the people who follow you.

Posted by db on April 03, 2001 at 02:29