[pct-l] Vegan Thru Hike?

[Melanie Clarke]

Searching for a Through Vegan Guru!

I'm just a section hiker for now but if there have been or if there will
be, any Vegan through hikers who want to report back, to show us "the way"
and give some mentoring advice, please help the rest of us out!  Halfmile
is the "Wayfinder" Guru; Yogi is the well, the "Yogi" Guru.  Our "Water"
Guru has transcended this world, I wonder who now bears his "Mantle?"  At
any rate, we need a "Vegan" Guru!  Pass on your information to the "Food"
Guru, Dicentra (-:

Oh, and giving up my nice fluffy 2 lb down bag is going to be difficult!  I
sleep cold!  Maybe we can just start with Vegan Food?  My children call me
a "Vegan Poser" because of my down bag... They are such adorable little
BRATS (-:!  So, maybe reducing the "Meat Footprint" is the goal here!

Toga

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:15 AM, dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm late to the conversation, but hey! This is about food, so I want to
> chime in anyway! :)
>
> I've met vegan (and stove free at the same time!) thru hikers in WA who
> have maintained their vegan diets since Campo. It CAN be done.  The one I
> met was eating a LOT of cold oatmeal and had made most of his meals (a lot
> in the dehydrator) at home before his trip. That sounds like a ton of work
> to me.
>
> I've seen that most vegan thru hikers turn at least vegetarian on their
> hikes. They just don't manage to get enough calories (and/or protein) on
> the trail, especially if they are resupplying in trail towns.
>
> YMMV.
>
> ~Dicentra
>
>
>
> http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
> http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 1/9/13, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Vegan Thru Hike?
> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 9:16 PM
>
>
> I have to second what Yogi said.   I've noticed for me there is a big
> change at about 1000 miles and
> another at about 1500 miles.  At 1000 miles the hiker hunger really kicks
> in.
> At 1500 miles there is this craving for particular foods that just is
> unlike anything I've ever experienced.  It doesn't go away until it is met.
> I distinctly remember having a steak on the AT and for days afterwards just
> reminiscing about how satisfying that meal was.
>
> I suspect if this craving is for something like a cheeseburger - it might
> just over come any great intentions.
>
>
> At the restaurant in Stehiken, when a Vegetarian in the group ordered the
> veggie burger, the waitress asked if she wanted that with bacon.  The thru
> hiker said yes.
> We all thought it was kind of funny but the waitress said they started
> asking a while back as a jokebut were surprised how many took them up on
> the bacon.
>
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>
> Yogi Wrote:
>
>
> Well, I'm a meat-eating thru-hiker, and while I have done 2600 miles at a
> time several times, 4000 miles one time, I've also done 500 miles on one
> occasion. I can tell you from experience that a 500-mile chunk is
> completely different from a 5-month, 2600 mile thru-hike. And a 2600-mile
> hike is completely different from a 4000-mile hike. One is not better than
> the other; they are simply different.
>
> 500 miles does not require as much physical endurance as 2600 miles does.
> You have not hiked 2600 miles, so do not assume that ANYTHING which worked
> for your 500 mile hikes would also work day after day after day for a 2600
> mile hike. This applies not only to food, but to gear, clothing, etc.
>
> Most hikers I've met who were vegetarians prior to a PCT, CDT, or AT thru
> hike ended up eating meat eventually. Whether they wanted to eat meat or
> not, I do not know. So Daniel: I did not assume they wanted to eat meat.
> All I know is what I've observed.
> .
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