[pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT

[Rod Belshee]

Ah, yes, my misreading and an important distinction.  It is challenging to maintain a healthy vegetarian diet on the trail, so depending on the personal reasons for the diet it makes sense that many might suspend it.  I chose a supported hike with mail drop food packages.  Without that, it would be quite difficult to keep a healthy vegetarian diet.

Steady Sr

From: CHUCK CHELIN 
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 6:44 PM
To: Rod Belshee 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT

Good evening, Steady Sr, 


I don’t think the “vegetarian success rate” relates to whether a hiker finishes the trail; I think it more relates to whether the hiker remains a staunch vegetarian at the finish.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

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On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Rod Belshee <rbelshee at hotmail.com> wrote:

  Re: vegetarian diet:  Just one data point, I successfully completed two thru
  hikes as a vegetarian and had not weight loss on either one.  However, I
  don't know if anyone has collected data to see vegetarians have higher or
  lower success rates.

  Steady Sr

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  Subject: Re: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT

  >Yes, Rooster Reinhold is famous for his chickens on a lease concept.

  If you've leased your chickens, doesn't it mean that you'd have to return
  control of those chickens back to their owner when you're done with your
  hike?  Won't that be a bit difficult if you've eaten them?

  >I wonder what the veggie crowd thinks of this.

  I suppose if they know which plants are edible, they can munch as they go.

  >I have met a lot of backpackers who are vegans or veggies.

  On a more serious note, I've read that vegegarians/vegan don't last long on
  a through-hike.  It's not necessarily because they bail, so much as it is
  that the super-high calorie and protein demands drive them to abandon their
  veggie/vegan ways often within the first month.

  -Nate the Trail Zombie

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