[pct-l] Resupply Strategies

[Perry and Penny Gabbard]

Thanks for all the interesting posts

I am planning for a post-retirement 2015 PCT thru-hike and was laying out a
resupply strategy. What is the "average" number of days of food you would
carry between resupply points. Let me know what an of average, high, and
low number of days of supplies would be..Carry too little and you stop too
often. Carry too much and you're overloaded. Too many side trips and I've
wasted time. So far I was estimating 5 days (low) to 9 days (high).

Assumptions:
-Average distance per day 20 miles, average weight of food per day 2 lbs,
-Use resupply points not too far off the trail that are strongly recommended
-Rely heavily on mailed packages of supplies.

Thanks for your help. I'm new to PCT-L...been enjoying the posts...first
time to post a question.

Perigee