[pct-l] Resupply Strategies

[Jeffrey Olson]

This is a good place to begin...

http://www.pctplanner.com/

Jeff


On 11/24/2013 6:02 PM, Perry and Penny Gabbard wrote:
> 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
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