Originally Posted By: quillansculpture
Not sure where that came from. I use a hard case bear canister as does my wife.

It probably came in response to part of the very first post:

Originally Posted By: lynn-a-roo
haven't read one report about bear sightings. Is there any chance that this time of year we won't have to carry bear canisters. They take up so much room and they're so heavy. I miss the good ol' days before bear canisters.

CaT

If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.
- Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)