[pct-l] Vegan Thru Hike?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I think the hardest part of being a vegetarian thru-hiker would have  
to be the food fantasies you'll have about town food. If your food  
fantasies are all about pancake sandwiches, ice cream, pizza and  
cheeseburgers, you'll be tormenting yourself on the trail, slapping  
yourself silly to stop such heathen fantasies. If your fantasies are  
all about avocados and soy or hemp cheese, you're still going to have  
to slap yourself to stop thinking about such delicacies. You'll come  
into town starving and there won't be much to eat for you.

I did meet a vegetarian hiker at Drakesbad. Her food looked really  
good. She dehydrated all her own food. Lentils and rice and Indian- 
themed stuff like that. She probably slathered things in olive oil, I  
didn't get a look at everything she ate.

A really interesting book I recommend is The Vegetarian Myth by  
Lierre Keith. I do not support monocrops like corn, soy and wheat and  
I choose to eat animals who don't eat those things, either.