[pct-l] Vegan Thru Hike?

[Daniel Zellman]

The falicy here of course is the assumption, implicit in these
two responses to Becky's query, that all or most vegetarians on some level
REALLY want to eat meat, that vegetarianism is in some way a burden or a
deprivation or something. Of course, it's possible this is true for some
folks, but I've never understood why anyone who wanted to eat meat wouldn't
just eat it. I am a vegetarian because I want to be. I don't see not eating
meat as a burden or hardship; on the contrary, the burden or hardship would
lie in being forced TO eat meat.

Another fallicy is that the human body needs meat, or is healthier with it,
or the like. This of course is totally ridiculous, as the diet of hundreds
of millions of Buddhists and Hindus (many of them living lives which are
FAR more strenuous on a daily basis than those walking the trail)
definitively and incontrovertably demonstrates.

Good luck with your planning, Becky! My partner and I are both vegetarians
and are planning our first thru hike for 2013 as well. Maybe we can share
some delicious (non-sentient-being-killing) vegetarian trail meals along
the way....

-dz

On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, Pamela McCullough wrote:

> I agree.  I had been a vegetarian (and am again) for 20 odd years and I
> ate beef and turkey when I thru hiked the AT and I LOVED it.  I could not
> have done without it, we need too much protein.  Plus it is light weight,
> salty, lots of protein, and I could not believe I even thought it tasted
> delicious.  You can also put it in your water when you are boiling it
> before adding the main ingrediant.  Pamela aka LadyFish
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 9, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Becky -
> >
> > Don't be surprised when you eat your first cheeseburger!  In 19,000 miles
> > of hiking, I've met very few vegetarians who lasted an entire thru-hike
> > without eating meat.  Vegans are even more rare.  Eventually your body
> will
> > tell you what it needs.
> >
> > The main problem is that Chick-a-dee in the Sierra.  It sings
> > "cheese-bur-ger!" all day long.  You cannot escape it.
> >
> > Yogi
> > www.pcthandbook.com
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Becky Cohen <rrcohen1 at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I am hiking the PCT this spring and am hoping to stay vegan during my
> hike.
> >> I've found the discussion about dehydrating your own foods to be
> helpful,
> >> but I'm wondering if there are other vegan thru hikers out there who
> have
> >> some helpful tips? Also- any tips about resupply points that are vegan
> >> friendly or not would be really helpful in my planning of where I send
> my
> >> resupply boxes.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Becky
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-dz (mobile)