[pct-l] bounce box

[Thomas Jamrog]

About bounce boxes.
I used to use them on the AT, but had three hassles- Once where the  
proprietor of a hotel couldn't find it ( after checking ahead  and  
finding out it was OK).  I found it for her.  I once beat the bounce  
box from Hot Springs to Erwin, TN and had to wait an extra day for it.  
The box was two day late at another place. It was a pain.  There was a  
group I was hiking with and none of them didn't  have any bounce  
boxes, so at two months out I ditched  it, carrying my battery  
chargers and buying what I needed in town . In the end the freedom of  
not having a bounce box far outweighed the ( in)convenience of  
( perhaps) having stuff available in town.  FuGGetaboud it !
Uncle TOM


On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Erik The Black wrote:

> Hi Randy,
>
> Finding somewhere to plug in your battery charger every five days or  
> so
> should not be a problem.
>
> The easiest way would just be to rent a hotel room and plug it in  
> there,
> which is what most hikers will do. If you aren't going to spend the  
> night
> you can always ask some fellow hikes if you can charge your phone in  
> their
> room for a couple of hours. Local businesses that cater to hikers  
> probably
> won't mind lending you an outlet for a while either. And there are  
> the trail
> angels along the way who will let you stay with them and use their
> electricity.
>
> If it was me, I would pack the battery charger rather than bounce  
> it. The
> USPS is not 100% reliable and sometimes things get lost or delayed.  
> Also,
> overworked postal employees in small town post offices don't always  
> do a
> great job of managing all of the general delivery packages for hikers.
>
> Since your carrying an SLR pictures are probably important to you,  
> so it
> would suck to have a whole chunk of trail missing from your photo  
> collection
> because your bounce box didn't arrive on time with your camera  
> charger. So I
> would keep the charger with the camera.
>
> Stuff like socks, a warmer jacket and map pages you might want to  
> bounce.
>
>
> Happy trails!
> Erik the Black
>
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> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:39 -0400
> From: Randy Fitch <randy7j at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] bounce box
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> Hey guys i was wondering about the use of bounce boxes and if i put a
> battery charger for my camera in there will there be outlets where i  
> cross
> paths with my box and is it a nuisance to towns people of hikers  
> asking to
> use outlets? I really want to bring my camera but it is a Canon  
> digital SLR
> and it only uses Li-ion packs.
> Also what are the average size of bounce boxes and types? Can I put  
> gear in
> there or should i buy climate coherent clothes along the way?
>
> Sorry for so many questions, but you all are reliable responses and  
> I like
> knowledgeable advice!!
>
> Randy
>
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