Yes - I learnt that all and any consumables - even (perhaps especially, often being strongly-scented) toothpaste - should be kept in a locker or in a bundle from a tree - AWAY from where you are in a tent. And you don't eat or cook in and around the tents, either, but away from them, in a separate area, so that the tents are not a place of interest to the bears.
You can kiss goodbye to camping in large areas of north America then......A far simpler solution would be not to camp in a people-eater's home. It has always worked for me.
This also works for other large wild animals. For example if camping in the New Forest, expect to find your tent being trampled or visited (if left open) by a New Forest Pony should you leave food inside...
I expect everyone to take the pith mercillessly when I go.
Pith? Helmet.I expect everyone to take the pith mercillessly when I go.
Heres 20p. Call me when it happens.It's not the first time that a relative of someone who shared an interest in cycling and was killed has found this forum.
The internet makes this a much smaller world and we should remember that this forum has a number of US members.
Why wait? Let's do it nowI expect everyone to take the pith mercillessly when I go.
Indeed. The wild campers i've seen that camp respectfully and intelligently in bear countries, seem to hang their food high in the trees when settling down for the night.Camping in Yosmite Valley, lots of people picnicking and bbq-ing then drink beer, wine etc wonder off leaving food all over the place. Big problem with bears in the campsite.
Finland, everyone keeps clean campsites. They have bears and wolves too, never seen one.
Very sensible. I did something similar. I missed hot water.Personally I kissed goodbye to camping anywhere on my first and last camping holiday in about 1978
Heres 20p. Call me when it happens.
It is genuinely tragic that the lady lost her life. Doubly so that she was one of us, a sister on two wheels. Nothing we say here detracts from any of that.
The sad reality is sheet happens, and black humour is how some people deal with it.
I think youll find that while im alive you'd be in breach of copyright!Why wait? Let's do it now