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Send bear canister to post office in Lone Pine. #gear

Dieter Mossbrucker
 

We live in Germany, so some things are unknown to us. For our JMT-NoBo in August we would like to borrow a bear canister. Is it possible to mail a bear canister to the Post Offive in Lone Pine and then pick it up there in person just before JMT tour start?
Sunny greetings from Lake Constance, Dieter
 

You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/
 

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Sage to Summit in Bishop rents the wild ideas bear canisters.

Ian

On Feb 11, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Peter Hirst <peter.p.hirst@...> wrote:

You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/

Dieter Mossbrucker
 

This is really good news! We really want to rent canisters from wild ideas. Hopefully I can pre-book these canisters from Germany.
 

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One note regarding Wild Ideas: make sure to reserve it soon. They often run out of rentable canisters months in advance.

Amazing canisters, by the way. We’ve owned two for over ten years and they still look almost like new after 200+ nights in the backcountry.

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You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/

 

Bearikades are great investments, and I mean that literally. They seem indestructible and used canisters often sell for just a small discount to new, especially if Wild Ideas doesn’t have many in stock. My nine year old Bearikade has appreciated over the years since new canisters keep going up in price. Can’t say that for any of my other old pieces of gear! ?You could buy gold to deal with inflation, but Bearikades might be better.
 

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Hi Dieter,?

we just bought our bear canisters in a sale at REI for a 20% discount.?
Regarding the fact it might not be the last hike in the Sierra for you, get one e.g. the bear vault 500 for around 50-60 US dollars

Regards Chris

Am 11.02.2022 um 21:13 schrieb hike@...:

One note regarding Wild Ideas: make sure to reserve it soon. They often run out of rentable canisters months in advance.?
Amazing canisters, by the way. We’ve owned two for over ten years and they still look almost like new after 200+ nights in the backcountry.
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From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Peter Hirst
Sent:?Friday, February 11, 2022 12:02
To:?[email protected]
Subject:?Re: [] Send bear canister to post office in Lone Pine. #gear
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You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/?
 

Hi Chris,
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it is all a bit more complicated if you live somewhere else.
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I bought my BV500 online from REI during Independence Day sale 2019, for pickup in a LA store when I was there (late July). The confirmation e-mail told me that I have to pick it up within 2 weeks. So I asked back if they can hold it for me until the planned date (less than 4 weeks after the sale), and it was confirmed. But they did not. When I arrived at the store I was told the 2 weeks were over. I had a printout of the e-mail with me, and lucklily there were still 2 BV500 sitting on the shelf. During checkout they first charged me the full price,?I got the sales price (60$) only after complaining.
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BTW the BV500 is now 88$ + tax, so even at -20% it may be a bit more then 60$.
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As there is no market for bear cans in Europe it may not be good for an investment nevertheless? ;) - but I hope I can use it again this year.
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Regards? Henning (also from Germany)
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Hi Dieter,?
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we just bought our bear canisters in a sale at REI for a 20% discount.?
Regarding the fact it might not be the last hike in the Sierra for you, get one e.g. the bear vault 500 for around 50-60 US dollars
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Regards Chris
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Am 11.02.2022 um 21:13 schrieb hike@...:
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One note regarding Wild Ideas: make sure to reserve it soon. They often run out of rentable canisters months in advance.?
Amazing canisters, by the way. We’ve owned two for over ten years and they still look almost like new after 200+ nights in the backcountry.
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From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>?On Behalf Of?Peter Hirst
Sent:?Friday, February 11, 2022 12:02
To:?[email protected]
Subject:?Re: [] Send bear canister to post office in Lone Pine. #gear
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You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/?

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You can mail ?it to the Mt. Williamson Motel and BaseCamp and we will hold it and/or your food for a fee and you won't be hindered by Postoffice hours.?
www.mtwilliamsonmotel.com
Lauralyn


On Feb 11, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Ian Goldsmith <ian@...> wrote:

?Sage to Summit in Bishop rents the wild ideas bear canisters.

Ian

On Feb 11, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Peter Hirst <peter.p.hirst@...> wrote:

You can rent from the Forest Service or Elevation in Lone Pine, or a really good one from Wild Ideas.? CHeck with Wild Ideas to see if they will deliver to you General Delivery in Lone Pine/

 

In the US, you can send something to yourself or anybody as follows:

[your name]
c/o General Delivery
[Post Office, ST ZIP]

In your case, the address would be:

Dieter Mossbrucker
c/o General Delivery
Lone Pine, CA 93545

The post office will hold it for up to 30 days for you to pick it up.? It helps the post office if you can mark the package with the date you expect to pick it up.

Steve
 

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Thank you Lauralyn for supporting us.

As far as Bear canisters go, I own both the Bear Vault and the Bearikade. I haven't used my BV for a while because:

  1. It's too hard to open (especially with cold or gloved hands, and yes I know the credit card trick.)
  2. The opening is slightly smaller then the internal storage area making it clumsy at times to dig around for your goodies.
  3. It is heavy for the amount of storage it affords.

The Garcia Backpacker Cache has the same small mouth issue as the Bear Vault. I have never used one so my review is worthless. They used to rent them at the Yosemite Wilderness centers.

But the Bear Vault and the Garcia Cache are much cheaper than the Bearikade. The Bearikade however is tough, light and easily to open, as long as you have a Quarter ($0.25) handy ;-) Actually, I carry a steel washer with me when I hike to open it with, and as a screwdriver prying tool. The opening is the same as the storage area so digging around your "stuff" is easier.

If someone tries to sell you a Ursack for the JMT...soft "Bear-proof"? bags are not allowed in the Parks in the Sierras (unless they changed that lately). Besides who wants to eat food that has been abused by a bear...think crunched, trampled and crumbled.

If you can afford it would go with the Bearikade. I live in Sacramento, so the Sierras are my backyard...the Bearikade gets plenty of use.

Disclaimer: I do not work for Wild Ideas...I am just wild about their ideas ;-)

--Rick


On 2/12/2022 9:21 AM, steve herr via groups.io wrote:

In the US, you can send something to yourself or anybody as follows:

[your name]
c/o General Delivery
[Post Office, ST ZIP]

In your case, the address would be:

Dieter Mossbrucker
c/o General Delivery
Lone Pine, CA 93545

The post office will hold it for up to 30 days for you to pick it up.? It helps the post office if you can mark the package with the date you expect to pick it up.

Steve
 

Re general delivery, my personal experience is that the availability of this service is not guaranteed and varies by post office. I have had general deliveries refused and returned by small offices since they “don’t have room” for the storage, and even if they are willing to accept the package, they may not be willing or able to hold it for a full 30 days. Bottom line: every post office if different and you should verify general service delivery service or risk an ugly surprise.

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