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Date:         Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:29:15 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: camping with bears
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <0BAEE701-6A50-4359-B690-B9049FC72B9A@mac.com>
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---- Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > Hmm. I might have to swing by an Ace to check that out....I need a new chest. I also need a new ice box. ;)

What about a cooler, need one of those, also?

> > On Jul 2, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > > I am assuming that since this is camping related, and the moderators have stated before that camping related posts are always appropriate, that it is ok though not specific to the Vanagon. > > > > The Ace Hardware Store I just visited had for sale the most expensive and most elaborate ice chest I have ever seen outside of a research setting. It carries a brand name of "Yeti," and compares favorably in terms of construction quality, gasket, and latches with "Pelican" cases for fragile equipment. It also has molded in rings for fastening padlocks to either end to fasten the cover down, in addition to the latches. A modest sized one of these chests (I think it was something around 2.4 cubic feet.), was priced at $399.99. Smaller boxes had slightly lower prices, but even a tiny one was $299.99. > > > > The box had an "Owner's Manual" which said that it was certified as "Grizzly Proof" by the "Interagency Grizzly Bear Council." I have read reports from an organization with a name something like that, but do not recall if it is a government entity or not. I will look it up, but haven't yet. > > > > Anyone know anything about these boxes? The material with the boxes showed pictures of bears puzzling over the box, knocking it around, but being evidently frustrated by the attempt. It did have something that I thought was not allowed on "bear boxes" for camping, which is ridges and grooves that claws could access. But the box is supposedly "certified" as bear proof. I also thought that all government agencies specified that no food or other attractants could be left unattended except in the government provided bear box, or in a bear box such as the one I until recently used for back packing. In Yellowstone, I was told that even though I had the box, I had to hang it in the approved manner in the back country, and had to store food in the government provided box or in my vehicle at the campgrounds. > > > > Obviously, being an ice box, this is not for back packing. I guess I will check into what park policy would be concerning one of these things at a camp ground, though mainly for curiosity, as I am not likely to put $400 into an ice box. But, it appears that it would outlast most people by a long shot. > > > > mcneely > > -- > > David McNeely

-- David McNeely


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