[pct-l] Bounce Box Y or N ?

[Ron Dye]

One of my hiking partners in 2009 used a bounce box.  After a number of
delays due to post office hours, it seems that he was a slave to the bounce
box.  The PO was setting his mileage and pace it seemed.

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Scott Williams
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:45 PM
To: Jason Moores
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bounce Box Y or N ?

I didn't use one, and just had different things sent from home if I thought
I'd need them.  That is kind of the convenience of having a wife at home
willing to do that.  But I carried what I needed and supplemented on trail
as Jackass suggests.

Shroomer

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jason Moores <jmmoores1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A lot depends on your hiking style and personal needs. Do you have meds
> that
> you can't do without, charging devices you don't wish to carry, town
> cloths,
> special dietary needs...?
>
> If the answer is no then I'd forgo a dedicated bounce box. Most everything
> needed on the hike can be found on the hike. If you reach a point where
you
> find a need to bounce gear or food up the line just use a priority mail
> box.
> I've found this is way cheaper than continually shipping a bounce box up
> the
> trail, not to mention the headache of always timing your arrival into town
> to coincide with P.O. hours. When you consider this cost against just
> discarding the random items usually in the average BB you'll save yourself
> some loot for the next buffet. Also consider splitting the cost of
> universally needed commodities on the trail with fellow hikers, ie.- tp,
> ziplocks, Ibuprofen, batteries and such.
>
> Jackass-who is very budget conscious this year(for once) due to Molasses'
> tight grip on the purse strings
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Thru Hiker <athruhiker2006 at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > This is Fun! :-) Let's try another question! Bounce Box on the PCT, Yes
> or
> > No?
> > Do most people use them or not? Thanks!! :-) S'do
> >
> >
> >
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