[pct-l] Mistakes I made while hiking

[Julian Plamann]

By Washington, my strategy was to fill my Zpacks "5-7 day food bag" to the
brim leaving every town. I did this whether or not there was a 3 day stretch
or a 6 day stretch in front of me. Somehow, regardless of days out, I
usually managed to find that bag empty a good 5 hours before arriving in the
next town. I gained 15lbs between Toulumne Meadows and Manning Park 8).

-Julian


On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Sean 'Miner' Nordeen <
sean at lifesadventures.net> wrote:

> Ice Axe,
>
> I got my water from the spigot at Tom's Place.  Are you implying that I
> made the correct choice?
>
> I know loosing weight due to illness sucks, but I can't help feel just a
> little jealous.  I finished the trail only down 10lbs when I wanted to loose
> 30lbs.  Must have something to do with how I always complained coming into
> town that I had carried too much food (unconsumed food is dead weight) and
> how I'd never do it again; only I somehow did, every single resupply stop.
>  Maybe thats why I never developed that hiker hunger.  I often had another
> day and sometimes 2.5days of uneaten food.  I really should stop grocery
> shopping when I'm hungry.  Of course, I met people on the trail who wish
> they had my problem when they were digging through the bottom of their pack
> for crumbs.
>
> -Miner
>
>
>
>
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