[pct-l] Thru hike Survival style

[mike Shoys]

i hope this isn't off subject... it's all about a man living off the land.
far from the pct in alaska, but i just saw it yesterday and thought it was
absolutely fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss&feature=plcp

i think a very plant savvy hiker could get some great snacks and fresh herb
tea on the trail... maybe even an entire salad... just starting to learn
about medicinal and edible plants in northern california and it's amazing
how many plants have specific and very useful properties.

mike

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:35 AM, <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:

> When people lived off the land they lived in groups so they could
> process the food in an efficient manner. If you kill a big animal how
> will you process all the meat? You can't wait around until all the meat
> dries. Acorns were a staple food for some of the indigenous people who
> lived near the PCT. But they take a long time to process--drying,
> husking, grinding and leeching the tannins out.
>
> I just have to laugh at modern sensibility--the myth of the strong
> independent person living off the land, void of community. Communities
> were what allowed people to live off the land. Jon Krakauer wrote the
> book "Into the Wild" about a misguided soul who thought he could exist
> without community. He didn't have the traditional ecological knowledge
> gotten from elders and was a lone maverick who thought he could achieve
> some kind of existential "purity". We live in a different kind of
> community now--especially on the PCT --living off the land for hikers
> means packing your own food, being grateful for trail magic, accepting
> the gifts of trail angels, and helping each other out on the trail.
>
> Well--this touches a soap box topic for me so I'll quit. I have been
> backpacking since 1971 and worked and lived in backwoods areas for 30
> years, so I'm not a city person.
> --Fireweed
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