[pct-l] zero days (nights) on the trail instead of in town?

[Julian Plamann]

Yeah, I hear you in the town food gorging and definitely don't want to
eliminate any of that. I think what I really meant to say was whether
anybody had successfully all but eliminated overnight town stays. For
example, rolling into town in the morning, gorging/picking up supplies in
the afternoon and being back on the trail before the sun set that evening as
an overall town strategy.
Knowing my hiking style, I have a feeling that sitting around on the trail
during the day would be hard for me anyway -- more often than not resulting
in me hiking anyway because of curiosity about what lay over the next pass,
etc.

-Julian



On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Eric Lee (GAMES) <elee at microsoft.com>wrote:

> Julian wrote:
> >
> I say this in anticipation of my upcoming thru -- not as a plan by which I
> can save money, but rather because I've always been more comfortable
> sleeping under the stars than in an enclosed room. That said, I also know
> well the feeling of occasionally needing to get the type of clean that can
> only come from a hot shower and freshly laundered sheets.
> >
>
> I think an occasional on-trail zero would be lovely, and you should
> definitely plan a few into your hike if you can.  That said, I think they
> would accomplish very different things than an in-town zero.  Getting clean
> is one, as you noted.  Gorging on high-fat food is another.
>
> Eric
>