[pct-l] how many days food do you carry?

[Tom Hudson]

To help find the photo in question, here's a direct link:

http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=565885

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Robert Bellingham <bbandbbpct at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've no idea what it weighed but all our food fitted into 2 BV500  bear
> canisters (see photo on 27 August at www.trailjournals.com/bobandbarb ).
> This lasted us for the 14 days it took to get to VVR from Lone Pine which
> included a side trip up to the summit of Mt Whitney. Was it heavy? You bet!
> Bob
> Slow and Steady - PCT 2010
>
>
>
> On 11/01/2011, at 8:38 AM, Paul Robison wrote:
>
> > 14 days?  With 2 extra?   ... You you carried like 30+ lbs of food before
> packweight etc?
> >
> > You're. Trooper
> > ~ paul
> >
> > Sent from my iPod
> >
> > On 2011-01-09, at 8:56 PM, Robert Bellingham <bbandbbpct at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> As first time PCT hikers last year we had the same concerns. The longest
> stretch for us, without resupply, was 14 days from Lone Pine CA to
> Vermillion Valley Resort where we ate in the restaurant and bought some
> stuff from the store to get us to Reds Meadows and then in to Mammoth.
> >>
> >> We did find stuff in hiker boxes on the way but we never relied on it,
> our strategy was to carry an extra day's food for any stretch less than 7
> days and 2 days extra food for any stretch longer than that. This worked
> well for us and we were never concerned about being on the trail without
> "something" to eat. All our food was bought on route (i.e. no pre-prepared
> parcels from home/friends etc) and we were surprised at how many places
> there were to buy food; maybe not the best selection or the most nutritious
> but always something.
> >> Bob
> >> Slow & Steady 2010
> >>
> >> On 10/01/2011, at 12:43 AM, Scott Williams wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Mike,
> >>> 5 to 6 days is usually about right, but it varies depending on the
> section
> >>> you're hiking.  And you will get faster as the months progress.  Lots
> of
> >>> food gets left in the hiker boxes because of this, and makes for some
> >>> wonderful additions.  Also, I didn't know of anyone taking a zero at
> the end
> >>> of each week, but it would be fun to have that much time.  I found life
> on
> >>> trail so satisfying I ended up  going long stretches between zeros.  In
> the
> >>> end I didn't really need to, but it just felt good not to stop.  On the
> >>> other end of the spectrum was Freebird, really enjoying last summer's
> hike,
> >>> averaging 10 miles per day, and zeroing every chance he got.  He was
> the
> >>> first person on trail, in March sometime, and came into BC a few weeks
> after
> >>> me.  But loving every day he walked.
> >>>
> >>> As for "local fodder," I think you mean what you can buy on the zero in
> >>> town.  Sometimes that isn't even cheese.  Maybe just corn nuts, part of
> my
> >>> breakfast of champions.  Check out Yogi's book for availability of
> quality
> >>> food at the different trail stops, as it really varies.
> >>>
> >>> Shroomer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
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