[pct-l] Vegan Thru Hike?

[Ryan Hull]

When I attempted to thru in 2011, we had a group of 9 people from Kennedy
Meadows to Independence.  5 of the 9 were vegetarian/vegan.  As far as I
know only two of the nine actually completed their thru, and they remained
vegan from border to border.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Christopher Sussman <chris.sussman at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Becky,
> While we can understand and partially agree with Yogi's assessment, we
> thru hiked the PCT this year and were vegetarians the whole way. We
> also knew another thru hiker who was vegan. Are we the minority? Quite
> possibly. Is it unheard of? No.  You can certainly hike the trail as a
> vegetarian and though we cannot speak for the vegan side of things it
> seems doable.  Just enter with an open mind and know that change is
> good. We just happened to find that our dietary preference was
> something that did not change. We shipped ourselves food half the time
> and bought along the trail for the remainder.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris & Sarah
> (Shivers & BAM PCT 2012)
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