[pct-l] Lugging Water

[Charles Doersch]

Hi everyone,

We're a family of four guys through-hiking next year. We have heaps of experience in all sorts of adventure travel -- but the PCT will be new. 

Question? What's the common wisdom on how best to lug water between reliable water sources in Southern California? 

I know about "cameling up" -- and we've done that (golly, in the Sahara actually -- traveling with Tuareg camel caravans through bandit territory)-- but I see stretches of, oh, 68 miles at one point between sources (just picking one of the distances at random) -- so carrying enough water for four men for that many miles will involve some heft. (And I'm not bringing the camel, trust me.)

Any observations on what's worked well for you?

Cheers,

Charles Doersch, Sean McCollum, Matt Holmes, & Chris Corl
Boulder, Colorado