[pct-l] MAIL DROPS :

[Kevin Cook]

I plan to send a lot of packages, but I want to stay out of town as much as
possible. After reading this, I like Billy Goat even more. I sure hope I get
to meet him!

To the original poster, if I understand correctly, you're asking where you
should ship packages from "outside". It sounded like you planned to break up
your 8 shipments and then ship parts of them to yourself further up. Is this
right? I considered that too. Send several large boxes from AZ, then break
those up and myself and ship ahead, but I don't want to deal with all that
on the trail. I want to get in and out of town as quick as I can. My goal is
food, shower, food, PO, food, and hike out if I can. ;)

Coincidentally, I started analyzing the postage costs using both methods
last night. I can post my results when I finish the analysis. It takes
awhile to put in all those zip codes to get shipping rates :P

@Andrea, LOL. That made me laugh. I'm looking forward to visiting you guys!
So you prefer white wine? There might be a bottle in the box I send your
way. Along with the bottle of red for myself. Cheers! ;)

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mike Chapman <altathunder76 at gmail.com>wrote:

> What kind of hiker are you?(maniac,slow,disabled,town junkie) That
> question is large,but the answer to your question should be based on
> that,or its all just talk,not that theres anything wrong with
> that(thanks jerry,it still works).
>
> On 1/25/11, albert at survivalcrafters.com <albert at survivalcrafters.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Not having done any hiking on the pct myself I'm kind of looking forward
> to
> > see if someone comes up with these important stops too. I plan on
> shipping
> > out 24 packages now but to hear which ones are considered by most
> > experienced hikers to be the areas we "must have" or else we're going to
> be
> > really uncomfortable would be nice to see. I think this would add a
> > dimension to the planning that doesn't show up on maps or trail
> > descriptions.
> >
> > Albert
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:
> pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> > On Behalf Of Thru Hiker
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:56 AM
> > To: Scott Bryce
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] MAIL DROPS :
> >
> > That is why I said APPX. 8. :-) LOL -  I realize what I do may vary and
> will
> > change throughout, but to avoid getting 50 answers, was trying to narrow
> the
> > list to 8 FOR SURE (if there is such a thing) places that it would be
> nice
> > to have a package of food waiting. Also would be nice to go ahead and
> post
> > on Trail Journals 8 places for sure that folks are welcome to ship cakes,
> > cookies or Long Trail Ales. :-)
> >
> > Thks,
> > S'do
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com>
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 11:38:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] MAIL DROPS :
> >
> > On 1/25/2011 8:23 AM, Thru Hiker wrote:
> >> I have asked several folks how many Mail Drops are Really and Truly
> >> needed and the answers vary from 4 to 20. So I am going with appx. 8.
> >> That having been said, which ones. What EIGHT places should one For
> >> Sure have resupplies shipped from home to or ship to themselves from
> >> another town. EIGHT MAX....Ok. :-)
> >
> > It isn't that simple. You really need a better resupply strategy than
> that.
> >
> > Even people who claim not to use mail drops at all will shop in larger
> towns
> > and mail packages ahead to smaller towns.
> >
> > You need to know which towns you can shop at, and which ones you will
> need
> > to mail food to. That number may not be exactly 8. If the number turns
> out o
> > be 9, will you go hungry just because you don't want to handle a 9th
> > package? Or will you pass up Drakesbad, just because you can't buy food
> > there? It doesn't make sense to stop at both Drakesbad and Chester, when
> you
> > can pick up a box at Drakesbad while you are enjoying the hiker discount
> on
> > the AYCE buffet.
> >
> >> PS - BTW - if you are curious, the 20 answer came from Billy Goat!
> >> :-)
> >
> > He likes to avoid town as much as possible, so he is probably not
> shopping
> > in town anywhere.
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