[pct-l] Maximum food & water at the same time?

[Ken Powers]

Actually the worst case is a longer water carry. At 8 lbs per day water is 
much heavier than food.

We had a stretch of 90 miles with 1 water stop on our ICT hike. One good 
thing about that stretch is that is was almost flat an slightly downhill. 
And we got along fine with ULA Circuits.

You are right that there is nothing that long on the PCT.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene" <atetuna at hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Maximum food & water at the same time?



Is there any point where you would want to carry the maximum amount of food 
and water you could carry at the same time?  I guess this would be right 
after the last water supply for 25-35 miles and the last resupply point for 
at least 120 miles.  Do we have any of those?

After Tehachapi would probably be the point where I'd want to carry the most 
water.  The high Sierras are where I'd want to carry the most food. 
Fortunately those two don't coincide.
I'm probably just scaring myself for nothing because there would've been big 
warnings here and in the guidebooks about making sure to carry 30+ lbs of 
food and water for that part of the trail...right?
Eugene
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