[pct-l] Living off the land

[Steel-Eye]

Good evening,

A 10-inch trout will yield about 4 oz. of meat, which will provide 135
Calories.  If a full-time hiker required 4500 Calories/day it would be
necessary to catch, clean, cook, and eat 33 fish per day -- every day -- all
while hiking 20 miles.  Frankly, I didn't see that much good trout water
anywhere near the trail.

In the Pacific NW there will be trailside huckleberries, which provide about
80 Calories per cup.  The need for 4500 Calories would require the hiker to
pick and eat 3.5 gallons of berries every day.  Picking that many berries
would be time-consuming, but the real problem would be the time necessary to
dig and fill about 15 cat-holes every day.

Other than that - good luck,

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
To: "Raymond Romans" <raymondromans at yahoo.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Living off the land


>
> On Apr 11, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Raymond Romans wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever attempted to hike the pct
>> while living off the land around you. ( fishing foraging,etc)
>
> Exclusively?  I doubt it.  Lots of folks go
> fishing in the Sierra or eat huckleberries and
> blueberries in Oregon/Washington.
>
> On the AT it is popular to season meals with
> ramps (also known as wild leeks).  If I remember
> correctly, Wicked (2003 AT, 2004 PCT)
> won the ramp eating contest in Whitetop.
>
> Radar
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