[pct-l] Water Capacity in Desert

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

No, I did not rely on water caches with the exception of the ones in  
Jawbone Cyn and Hat Creek Rim. I did not need either of them,  
however. I planned to go without them. In the instance of Jawbone Cyn  
I had planned not to hike the trail but when I saw the cache at Kelso  
Rd. I decided to stay on the trail and rely on the Bird Spring Pass  
cache because I assumed Bird Spring would have as full as Kelso Rd  
(and it more or less was). I drank from the Hat Creek Rim cache but I  
could have done without. A few other times I topped off on caches  
(like 1/2 liter), but I should not have. I did not need it.

On Oct 29, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Gary Wright wrote:

>
> On Oct 29, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com  
> wrote:
>> I think 8 liters sounds like too much. But you know your own body. I
>> never carried more than 5.5 liters and frankly, that was too much for
>> me. I almost always had some water left when I came to a source.
>
> You don't say if you relied on water caches at all.  That is important
> to know and the original poster said he was *not* going to rely on
> water caches.
>
> In hot weather, when not using water caches, I think it would be
> wise to be able to carry 7-8 liters of water.  With those constraints
> it is also very important to not hike during the heat of the day.  Get
> up early, take a long siesta, hike late.
>
> Radar