[Cdt-l] Resupply on the CDT

[Moynihan]

This game is fun, I'll join too.

I agree with Gadget on the overwhelming stack of paper that your stare
wearily at and begin to feel beads of perspiration roll off your temple as
you try to fit it into a gallon size ziplock. I also will add, watch out
for paper cuts when your sitting in town folding each map in half, unless
of course you are crazy enough to fold *hundreds* of pages in half prior to
the hike.... which I don't recommend because a) you might develop carpal
tunnel and b) I didn't have a clue how I wanted to it to go together until
I actually got to the particular resupply. I found yogi's handbook very
useful, but I did have several questions about this bulging stack of paper
and how to organize it, which I learned as I went, unlike her PCT
explanation of organization which covered every detail.

I think if/when I hike again I'd put my maps in all my boxes. Just make
sure you send them early enough as some hikers sent boxes to places too
late and didn't receive it in time. Being priority mail they could have it
forwarded, but..... If you're a solo hiker you don't have anyone else's
maps to rely on and don't expect to see hikers for the entire duration of
trail. (After Salida, CO I saw all of three NOBO thru hikers... and only in
passing!)
Also, always nicely ask the PO a second time if they come back empty handed
the first. Then, if it is still not found, ask when the next shipment comes
in, walk away and come back when another person is at the desk. Ask again.
Don't be the jerk of a hiker who makes the PO hate thru hikers because your
an ass!

*Doc Campbell's, NM: *(which I have forwarded to Pagosa Springs due to
fire. Priority will do this for free.)
*Pie Town, NM:* Yup, I'd do this again, but I'd break up my maps for NM
here.... a month's worth of maps if heavy!
*Ghost Ranch, NM:* food.
*Chama, NM: *Maps, ice axe, cold weather gear.
*Salida, CO:* Maps.... good place to send as it's a bomber place to stay
and take a moment to breath and drink a refreshing brew at Amica's! If your
lucky you'll be able to attend the Whitwater FIBARK event, but catch it at
the tail end or the hostel will be booked! (I arrived on 19th-20th, June)
*Rawlins, WY:* Maps. Least favorite town, luckily PO is right on the route.
*Atlantic City, Wy: *Food. This is a neat town and only a couple miles off
the trail. You can send to the Grubstake store/bar/restaurant or the
saloon. You can also sleep in a teepee. I'd send my maps here too, just for
the hell of it.
*Macks Inn, ID: *There's food here, but expensive. If/when I do it again I
wouldn't take this route. The Centennials looked gorgeous!
*Lima, MT: F*ood! No resupply, great hiker box at motel.
*Leadore, MT: *Maps, food.
*Benchmark, MT:* Maps, food!
*East Glacier, MT: *Food, there is a couple resupply options, but expensive.

speedstick




On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Brian Lewis <brianle8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, I'll play.
>
> For my SOBO trip last year I initially planned 6 resupply boxes:
>
> Benchmark Ranch in MT,
> Leadore in ID,
> Togwotee Mountain Lodge in WY,
> South Pass CIty in WY,
> Salida in CO,
> Pie Town in NM
>
> Later in my planning process I looked at the total weight of *paper* I
> would be carrying out of a couple of trail towns (Wolf, Ley, Yogi, DeLorme,
> etc) and as a result inserted two more planned boxes, one at Grand Lake CO
> (after South Pass City, before Salida), and one at Ghost Ranch NM (after
> Salida, before Pie Town).    Didn't need to send food to Grand Lake, but it
> was helpful to send food to Ghost Ranch as well.
>
> Ultimately I ended up with an ad hoc food box sent to Twin Lakes CO too,
> so that I could carry a bit less food out of Leadville; CO was kicking my
> butt to some degree.   As it turned out, the restaurant at Twin Lakes is
> permanently shut down, and the little store there is trying to take up the
> slack so there was a little better variety than Yogi's guide suggested.
>  Offsetting that, however, the store owner considered when I was there
> (Sept 19) to be the "end of the season" and so wasn't stocked very well.
>
> I think you really want a box at each of Benchmark Ranch, South Pass City,
> Ghost Ranch, and Pie Town --- just nothing to buy at any of those places.
> If you go to the Togwotee Lodge (great AYCE breakfast buffet there ...),
> then I'd definitely send a box there too; you can make do at the gas
> station mini-mart but I wouldn't be inclined to, for me at least it was a
> long stretch from there to South Pass City so having a better food
> selection mailed was preferable.
>
> Leadore, Salida, and Grande Lake were more just spacing out the distances
> so that I got shoes and prescription medication at appropriate intervals
> and wasn't carrying too much weight and bulk of guidebook & map pages (!).
>
> Ditto the comments about Yogi's guide --- you're going for 5 months or so,
> it's well worth the modest cost to have this information packaged up for
> you the way she does it.
>
>
>
>           Brian Lewis / Gadget
>
>
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