PJane, you ignorant Girly-man... :D

I'm obviously cynical but if you say you're man enough to beat 'em off your pack with a paddle while wearing a skirt, whatever system works for you, works for me. (unless your tent is yellow maybe...)

I seriously have a problem with people who can't apply common sense to directions and would sit by and watch as a bear ate ALL their food - w/o at the very least, making the effort to make it a painful victory for the bear.

In defense of the guy who posted what I quoted, he did get half a clue after the fact.

I'll also admit that I don't hang at every campsite. I normally seek out the lessor known/used ones and only hang if I'm really tired or in well traveled areas. I'll always hang at popular ones or if anything smells funky to me. I hung my packs at this particular site, even though I didn't understand the signs at the time I knew something was wrong. I'm glad I did. That was a little bear in comparison, still, he was twice my size, very persistent and I'm here to say he got nothing but pain.

5 minutes before we met, he met mamma moose so he had ben beaten down at least once before. I was MUCH more afraid of her as she ambled by with calf in tow. She had a really wild, scary look in her eye and was a lot taller than me.