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

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

You could get supplies in Onyx. Commuters driving the highway are  
aware of the hikers. It's got a post office and a mini-market. I had  
fun resupplying there talking to the interesting people who go to the  
mini-market for coffee every morning.

30lbs of food in the Sierras sounds like an awful lot. What is that,  
15 days (or more if you don't eat 2lbs a day.) I don't think there's  
more than 5 or 6 days through the Sierra without access to near-trail  
supplies if you choose to use them. (VVR, Muir Trail Ranch, Red's  
Meadow for example.)

Don't forget that by the time you get your trail legs going, you will  
be able to hike well over 20 miles a day if you desire.

Diane
On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:08 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> 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