[pct-l] New to PCT

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Hey!  No poaching trout.  Purchase a fising license and take them legally.

--Dennis--


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Marco <jdm27 at cornell.edu>
To: jason povey <golobos_55 at yahoo.com>; pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sun, Apr 7, 2013 5:00 am
Subject: Re: [pct-l] New to PCT


Hi Jason,
	Mostly, this years batch is busy getting ready for the trail.
	Generally,  you do not need two stoves. But, both the stoves you mention are 
poor at simmering. I tend to do a bit of foraging as I go. Oyster mushrooms, 
brachiated, a few others I know. Cattail shoots, mustard greens, etc generally 
require 15-20 minutes of boiling/steaming, then frying down with olive oil, 
salt, black pepper, red pepper and garlic for full flavor (Italian 
style)...served sprinkled with cheese, a few chunks of salami and a chunk of 
bannock. The whole thing weighs about 5oz in my pack, cost about an ounce of 
fuel and uses a wide range of temps from the stove. In this example I would go 
from fairly high to boil, to low for a slow boil, to mid-high for frying. My old 
Whisperlite would never maintain a simmer for more than a minute and was sold 
about a year after I got it. The Jetboil likes  to do its name, boil water fast 
like a jet. 
	However, I believe you CAN do poached trout in a JetBoil, rather than frying 
them. Hell I know you can do this on an alcohol stove. 
	My thoughts only . . .
		jdm    
-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On 
Behalf Of jason povey
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:57 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] New to PCT



I sent out an email to the group earlier this week but recieved no response but 
I am not sure if I sent it to the correct address.  My girlfriend and I will be 
hiking the Oregon section of the PCT this summer, starting around July 20th.  I 
have hiked all over the southwest but the farthest north I have strapped a back 
on is a redwoods trip I did when I was about 20 (im now 35).  The questions I 
have are; is it worth brining my whisper lite and jet boil? Most cooking will be 
dehydrated meals but I also will be fly fishing which brings me to another about 
fishing and keepin a fish occasionally for dinner, is it kosher?; I have always 
used a good pair of running shoes to hike in, I find they are lighter, dry 
quicker and easier on the knees and back.  Yea or Nay with the PCT?  I have 
nearly all the gear I can think of which I would need but again I have been 
hiking the grand canyon and deserts in Utah and New Mexico.  I recently bought a 
pair of water  resistant hiking pants that unzip for shorts.  Both of our packs 
are either water proof or have a cover.  I have dry compression bags for the 
sleeping bags from river trips.  Any other major thing that I will need (there 
are of course other small things I have such as survival gear, first aid, 
compass, maps).; How long should we plan on taking to hike the Oregon stretch, 
by my estimates, with a few rest days we should be able to do it in around 40 
days without too much stress; Finally, I am doing this hike for a foundation I 
started for athletes, from football to mountain biking, that have suffered head 
trauma.  I will bore you with the details but below are links if you care to 
read what this is all about.  I am sure I will have many more questions once I 
start to really put things together and am glad that I have the oportunity to 
reach out to such a great community.  Thanks, Jason 

Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/HeadStrongAthletes#!/HeadStrongAthletes

Blog: http://headstrongfoundation.blog.com/2013/02/18/head-strong/

Both of those pages have links to the donation site.  I am not asking anyone on 
here to donate, just for some good advice on how to get through this with the 
least amount of things that can and surely will go wrong. _______________________________________________
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