[pct-l] No on Proposition Foraging

[Lindsey Sommer]

Diane does make a point here... I don't think she's saying that we should
carry ALL the food for the entire hike starting in Southern California.
That would obviously not work.

I think her point is that you can certainly forage for your food ahead of
time, and then incorporate that into your drop schedule. So, you're
foraging, but not on the trail during the hike.


On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Those who really want to try to do foraging or self-sufficiency on
> the PCT are actually thinking about it completely wrong. Cultures
> that practiced nomadism often brought their food with them. If you
> were smart, you'd spend the off-season foraging and dehydrating
> edible plants and mushrooms that you found and hunt some fat large
> animals to make pemmican. Then you would have all the nutrition
> needed, nothing would slow down your hike and your purism about doing
> a fully-foraged hike would be preserved.
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