[pct-l] Trail magic on this list

[Austin Williams]

This is interesting.  I've been thinking about some kind of service like
this that could save hikers from over-seas a lot of money.  The service
provider could talk with the over-seas people about their dietary needs, the
hikers could send money (securely, through paypal or something), and the
provider could buy the food in bulk, and send out the packages... and
otherwise be the hikers' support person.

The thing is, I don't know if the costs of such a service could be made
cheap enough.... cheaper than, say, buying your food along the trail.
Perhaps if the service was non-profit.  I don't know.

It would be interesting to look into though.





On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Paul Mitchell <bluebrain at bluebrain.ca>wrote:

> A while back I asked if anybody was aware of any commercial services that
> might hold resupply packages and ship them out at set dates.  I received a
> half dozen very kind offers to hold our packages and provide this support.
> So much generosity in this community!
>
>
>
> I hadn't considered before that people might actually really enjoy the
> opportunity to provide this support, to learn a bit about resupply for
> their
> own future hike, to be connected to someone out on the trail, or just to
> give something back.  It got me to thinking that perhaps someone could set
> up a forum similar to the ride-board for the ADZPCTKO, to connect people
> needing resupply package support and those willing to hold and ship them
> out.  I'd love to set something up but have far too much to do between now
> and April.
>
>
>
> Maybe there aren't that many people needing this sort of assistance.  For
> us
> the cost of having our packages shipped from Canada would be at least
> double
> and there's the potential complications of shipping food and supplies over
> the border as what's not allowed can and does change regularly (i.e. beef
> products).
>
>
>
> Anyway, just wanted to share the idea of a forum for this purpose, and to
> send out my thanks to all the kind folks who offered to help us out!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> P178
>
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Austin Williams
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