Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
I think that sometimes you just can't win. Especially in the popular areas.
Many more years ago than I care to admit, on my first trip to the Canyon, spent...
mojave_ben 2011-09-13 09:11:17 #66621
North Bass, water & access?
I have a permit for Oct. 5-9 on the North Bass, and wonder if anyone is going that way in the next couple of weeks & would be willing to report road...
Dave 2011-09-13 08:37:21 #66620
Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
Giri,
If you are moving away from the corridor for the first time, I'm going to guess you will still be at designated camp sites like Monument, Hermit,...
Chris Forsyth 2011-09-12 22:56:37 #66619
Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
Where is your off coridor hike going to take you? I currently do not have a steel mesh sack. Any insight, or anything you have learned that you can share...
bwwais@yahoo.com 2011-09-12 22:12:59 #66618
Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
Thanks to everyone for all of your input! I too use a steel-mesh sack with a nylon compression sack inside of it for food storage.
Although no one likes to...
originalgiri 2011-09-12 19:17:47 #66617
Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
My experience is similar to Chris'. I have a few steel mesh sacks in different sizes. I made silnylon stuff sacks with the same dimensions as the mesh sacks...
sumiwada 2011-09-12 07:03:18 #66616
Re: Gear Storage @ Camp
Maybe I have just been lucky, but in dozens of backpacking trips in Grand Canyon, I have always put my food into one of the steel mesh bags (XYZ-sack) and...
Chris Forsyth 2011-09-11 20:44:39 #66615
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