[at-l] Planning mail drops

[EHamilton]

Hmmm, a spreadsheet..... I've been just kinda going through the book figuring, 30 miles/4 days to Neels Gap, then letsee, another 5 days, call it 40 miles, hmmm, find something about 40 miles from Neels, then maybe 50 miles to the next one, since I'll be able to hike a little farther, etc.

Spreadsheet might be better. 

macGyver




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From: Allen Freeman <allen at allenf.com>
To: EHamilton <imagainst_the_wind at yahoo.com>
Cc: at-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:39:23 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Planning mail drops

2009/2/5 EHamilton <imagainst_the_wind at yahoo.com>:
> This is probably shockingly elementary, but how in the heck do you match up
> how far you're going to hike in how long with where to plan mail drops? I've
> got the new 2009 Thru-Hike's Companion in my lap and I feel overwhelmed. How
> did some of you figure it out?

I worked up a spreadsheet that lists all the places I plan to
resupply, either from a mail drop or by shopping, and for each
resupply location I enter the number of days I expect to take getting
there from the previous resupply. For example, I have allowed 4 days
from AFSP to Neels Gap.

The date I will start at AFSP is entered, and the date for Neels Gap
is derived from a calculation that adds the number of days to get to
Neels Gap (the 4 I entered) to the date I started at AFSP. That gives
me the date I expect to arrive at Neels Gap.

This adding of days continues down the spreadsheet, and obviously the
further out into the future I project the less accurate it becomes.
But I will be leaving this spreadsheet with my wife who will be
shipping my mail drops to me, and by simply entering the date I
actually arrived at any particular resupply, all the dates further
down the spreadsheet will recalculate. She should have quite an
accurate idea of where I will be and when for the next couple of
weeks.

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Allen F. Freeman
allen at allenf.com
www.allenf.com
allenf.blogspot.com
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