[pct-l] Food Options

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

My bad folks!  I may have been hungry at times along the trail, but cannibalism wasn't my cup of tea!  I guess what I meant to say was that with my resupply strategy I rarely ever had to eat the same MEAL more than once every 12 days.

elevator

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From: jeff.singewald at comcast.net 

> Daniel, 
> 
> Glad to hear that you are taking your first trip out on the PCT. I'm willing to 
> bet you are going to have an incredible journey. You will hear many different 
> opinions on this list, but when someone shares an opinion like: 
> 
> "You're making a classic first-timer's mistake, and practically guaranteeing 
> that your hike will fail (assuming you're thru-hiking," 
> 
> Take it for what it's worth. It is only one opinion. Bill has no clue as to 
> your ability and to state that you are practically guaranteeing that your hike 
> will fail is complete BS. Last year, I purchased nearly 3 months of food 
> supplies in advance for my thru-hike and would not have changed a thing. This 
> strategy worked very well for me. I did a lot of research prior to my hike and 
> found 12 dehydrated/freeze-dried dinners from Mary Jane Farms and Alpine Aire 
> that I enjoyed. I had no problems coordinating my resupplies so that I rarely 
> ate the same people more than once every twelve days. 
> 
> Don't worry about making first-timer mistakes... you will learn from them and 
> you will be better for it. Take our advise for what it's worth but in the long 
> run, do what you think is best, and throw up the finger to anyone that suggests 
> that your hike is practically guarnateed to fail simply because you are not 
> doing the hike the way that they would do it. 
> 
> Elevator 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "William Skaggs" 
> 
> > 
> > >>From: "Daniel Shephard" 
> > >I'm hiking with 2 other guys (all in our 20s in good shape) and am wondering 
> > what people suggest as far as packing food if we don't plan on resupplying any 
> > more often than 2 weeks. 
> > > [...] 
> > >So basically, my question is: what is the cheapest, lightest way to carry 
> > enough food for 3 guys. I do have a stove. 
> > > 
> > >Thanks! 
> > > 
> > >-Firsttimer on the PCT 
> > 
> > You're making a classic first-timer's mistake, and practically 
> > guaranteeing that your hike will fail (assuming you're thru-hiking, 
> > which you didn't specifically say). It takes 25-30 pounds per 
> > person to feed a 20-something male for two weeks without running 
> > a deficit, and when you are on the trail day after day for weeks, 
> > your food tastes change in ways that are very hard to predict. 
> > If you try to organize everything ahead of time with such stringent 
> > constraints, it's almost a sure bet that you'll end up with huge 
> > quantities of food that you won't be able to choke down. 
> > It seems like most experienced thru-hikers end up buying a 
> > lot of their food along the way, but in any case, you'll have 
> > a much better chance of the hike lasting for a while if you 
> > give yourself some flexibility on your food options and give 
> > yourself the chance to buy a significant amount of it in the 
> > towns you pass through. 
> > 
> > Best wishes, 
> > 
> > -- bill 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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