Date:         Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:12:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
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the scent will still be strong enough for a bear, top up or down :)

alistair


On 11-Feb-11, at 10:43 AM, Don Hanson wrote:

>   I had bears clawing against the side of a split window van in
> Yosemite...in the high meadow country camping areas.   He was
> standing and
> shoving the door of the van at the seam...wanting in badly!  Not a
> Westie,
> thankfully.  I would never sleep in bear country with the top
> open...Even if
> you had it closed up tight, a hungry bear could come through your
> fiberglass
> roof in short order, if he was hungry and there was no easier source
> of food
> around.
>   I'd just keep the top down to be safer and to lessen the scents
> that can
> escape through the canvas...and to eliminate an entry point through
> the tent
> walls.
>   Don Hanson