Do Bear Canisters Work?
Years ago, when I was working in the camping department at an outdoors store, I heard a customer refer to bear canisters as “expensive Tupperware.” I did a full halt, spun on my heels, and politely but insistently interrupted and proceeded to tell a very flowery love story about the glory of bear canisters and […]
Do You Really Need a Bear Canister?
On my first ever backpacking trip, I saw two black bears. They were wandering across the trail as I approached camp, and I confidently (though naively) instructed my backpacking buddy on best practices for dealing with a bear encounter, regurgitating information I’d read the night before. After dinner, I gathered my snacks and food that I’d […]
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