[pct-l] Grid, Graph, Spreadsheet in Preparation and During Hike

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

Lather, rinse, repeat - I love it! The routine is boring, but it gets one  
down the trail; in a month or so, another 500 miles is worn off your  
boots/shoes. Repeat three months, and one gets to add idle thoughts of new  boots/shoes 
to the routine. 
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if  it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' 
-- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs 
when its free."  
-- P. J. ORourke



In a message dated 1/6/2009 10:41:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
diane at santabarbarahikes.com writes:

...And  before the hyper-planning police get on my case, let me  
clarify what  I mean by shopping when the food is low:

- You consult the guide book.  Looks like about 6 days to the next town.
- You consult your resources  (Yogi book or whatever) for the next  
town, see that its grocery  store options are good.
- You go to the store. Buy 6 days worth of  food.
- Hike.
- Arrive at the next town.
- You consult the guide  book. Looks like about 5 days to the next town.
- You consult your  resources (Yogi book or whatever) for the next  
town, see that its  grocery store options suck and the town after that  
is another 6  days.
- You buy 5 days of food for your next leg plus an extra 6 days  worth  
of food, put it in a box and mail it to the next town.
-  Hike.
- Discover you're going to take longer than 5 days, or that you   
simply cannot swallow peanut butter on dry tortillas anymore.  Consult  
your guide book. See there is a place to grab a burger on  the trail.  
That's an extra meal or two in your pack. There may be a  convenience  
store you could detour to. Or you might see some poor  kids on the JMT  
with their father laboring under 200lbs of snacks.  He'll beg you to  
take some food. Take some anyway, even if you don't  need it. You can  
always eat more food! Or, in the worst scenario,  see that you'll have  
to make a really arduous detour off the trail,  go into a town you  
didn't expect to, find out it's a great town full  of hikers, enjoy an  
impromptu fun break from the trail, and head  back with your spirits  
lifted.

Seriously, it all works  out.

Lather, rinse, repeat for 6 months. Look ahead a little more,  a  
little less. Consult your resources which you may have in  abundance  
or might have to look up on the Internet from  time-to-time. It's just  
like regular  life.
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