[pct-l] 100 resupply points!!

[Sean 'Miner' Nordeen]

6days!?  I carried 10days of food from Mammoth since I forgot that Kennedy Meadows (North) needs UPS to ship a box there and didn't have time to find the UPS store before I left (though it only took me 9days to actually hike it)  I wasn't aware of how good a resupply the store there had at the time and really regret my actions.  It took me about 7days from when I left the Tuolumne Meadows Grill to get to Echo Summit which included a 30mile hike over Sonora Pass (I really regretted pushing that hard for the next few days).  I can only imagine what my body would have felt like after doing it in 1 less day.

-Miner
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cosmic Cat 
  To: Timothy Nye 
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  Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] 100 resupply points!!


  There is also the option of skipping the resupply all together and carrying six days of food (~150 mi) from tuolomne to echo lake. But six days are heavy. And the first few days of the leg IMHO are the most physically demanding of the entire trail.

  Goodness


    On Jun 8, 2010 1:29 PM, "Timothy Nye" <timpnye at gmail.com> wrote:

    I have to echo Miners point about Kennedy Meadows (North).  Last year, I
    advised trail friends to opt for KMN,but they would routinely make the
    difficult (unless you are, or are accompanied by, a woman) hitch to
    Bridgeport which seemed to negate the difficulty to alarge extent.  KMN is
    in a beautiful setting.  they offer showers, have a great cafe and even a
    separate bar.  Their store is well stocked, if not particularly aimed at the
    hiking community; yet the resort is a gateway area into the back country.  A
    place to camp is offered away from the crowds by a river running through the
    broad green meadow, a setting visually appealing enough that it was
    previously used as a movie backdrop.  I sharper contrast with Km (South) is
    difficult to imagine from the aspect of scenery.

    The brief, but steep, drop down the western slope to KMN is distinguished
    from the often multi-leg hitch to Bridgeport.  Last year each time I
    returned to Sonora Pass from the east I'd routinely find thrus that with
    only some exaggeration appeared to be vying for the honor of establishing
    the proper setting for the Tomb of the Forgotten Hitch Hiker at the highway
    intersection.  (Mournful sound of bugle playing taps in the background).

    Unfortunately, while trail angeling at the pass it seemed that 80% of thrus,
    at least, were opting to go east.  If the numbers were reversed I'm
    confident that there would be a further increase in amenities/products for
    thrus at KMN.   Last year I mentioned to the proprietor that they should
    consider placing an ad in the Communicator, but they were unfamiliar with
    the publication.


    On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Sean 'Miner' Nordeen <
    sean at lifesadventures.net> wrote:

    > Don't m...