[pct-l] Food/money

[Axel Roos]

Thanks for the input guys! To clear up a bit, that is just what we wanted to
spend on food, we are trying to earn more money before early May but it's
not looking like it will be much more. I am not intending on spending any
time in hotels and such, however bewildering that may sound to some of you,
haha...

I understand we, in all likelihood going to have to settle for a section
hike, but we are going to try to make this section as big as possible.
And Paul, link me please!

Axel.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 5:12 PM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a heads up.  And I don't want to be negative but...  It will be very
> difficult to complete the PCT on the budget you have proposed.
>
> I would have a contingency plan for what to do if I ran out of money.
>
> Also it will be even harder to "keep resonable nutrition" with this much
> money.
>
> I suspect you might be able to ship yourself low cost foods for the whole
> trip, but the amount of planning and work required to do this is
> substantail.  And unless you have a lot of experiance doing this (which I
> gather you don't) you will most likely find whatever you send yourself will
> become uneatable after a few months, not because the food goes bad but
> because your bodies will be sick of it.  Most people that do full
> resupplies
> for the first time have this issue.
>
> If you are heading NOBO I would just buy as I go as you probably don't have
> enough time to get everything together to cheaply resupply a whole
> thru-hike.
>
> FWIW, I could not do the PCT on $700 for food and think only a very few
> people could.  And those that could would probably be experianced thru
> hikers that have practiced stretching thier dollars on the trail.
>
> Trust me when I say you have no idea how much food you will be eating after
> completing 1000 miles of hiking and how difficult it will be to restrain
> yourself from splurging on food when you hit a town being that hungry.
>
> Day-Late (who has seen way too may folks drop off the trail for reasons of
> money)
>
>
>
>
> > Hello all! My friend and I are looking to complete the PCT on a budget
> this
> > year (around $600-$700 each), starting the beginning of May.  We are both
> > around the age of 20 (1977 Monte Dodge style, haha.)
> >
> > I was wondering if some of you veteran long-distance hikers could give me
> > some advice. Would it be advisable to invest in bulk food, perhaps
> > something
> > like the High Attitude Sampler:
> > http://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/store/c/78-Backpacking-Food-Samplers.aspx,
> > and to ship flat rate (USPS $10.95) boxes to resupply points? If so what
> > bulk suppliers would you reccommend?
> > Or to buy food along the way at trail towns (or a balance between the
> two)?
> >
> >
> > In your experience, which would yield lower costs while keeping
> reasonable
> > nutrition?
> >
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