[pct-l] Cal/ ounce, nutritionu

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

It helped me to think of the hike as ~24 section hikes, one right after
another.  Craig's PCT planner - www.pctplanner.com , maybe you're already
familiar with it - helps with this a lot.  With this, the pct-l, and Yogi's
guides, picking resupply points was pretty easy.  Especially in the
beginning we tried not to carry more than 5 days food at one time.

Diane's advice is excellent, of course.  The only useful thing I can add is
that in population-dense SoCal you'll have access to a mid-size grocery
store or better in nearly every town (except Warner Springs?) until Kennedy
Meadows.  Even if you terribly underestimate the amount of food you eat,
you shouldn't have many problems buying extra.  By the time you get further
north to the tiny stores that can be really iffy on supply and selection
(KM south, and most of Sierra City north to Canada) you'll be an expert on
what and how much you eat and it should be easier to send boxes ahead if
you need.

We made all our meals at home and had them mailed to us on the trail.  For
resupply stops where we knew we'd have a poor selection of groceries, we
included snacks/breakfast/drink mixes.  For resupply stops in towns with
even a small grocery store we just sent meals, then bought our other foods
in town.  We had 5-6 resupply points before KM south and I think the only
one we sent a "full" resupply to was Warner Springs.  This allowed us to
get a lot of variety into our snacks/bars.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Michael Slusser
<michael.slusser at gmail.com>wrote:

> As I'm trying to figure out how to resupply and am feeling overwhelmed by
> the math, can those who propose the "healthier than shopping along the way"
> option (which sounds good but seems much more complex) maybe outline their
> resupply strategy? I look at a giant list of towns, mail drops, resupply
> boxes, nutrition labels, Ziploc bags, and hiker recipes and I'm lost.
>
> Professor
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Dan Welch <welchenergy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wise words... and I agree that Lustig's books are excellent.  I think he
> > has
> > more wisdom about the American diet than anyone else I have read.  One
> > caveat though - most of what he writes about is directed to the "average"
> > American.  He is not directing his attention to thru hikers.  What
> happens
> > to the body of a sedentary desk worker is far different than what happens
> > to
> > someone burning 4000 - 6000 calories a day on a regular basis. So some
> > "adaptation" of his advice is required...
> >
> > This whole discussion seems like it is coming from two polar opposites -
> > those that feel that "nutrition" (vitamins, protein, fiber, etc) is all
> > important and those that feel that calories are all important.  Of course
> > the answer (as usual) is somewhere in the middle.  Everyone has to find
> > what
> > works best for them.  Hopefully we can be flexible enough to do that.
> >
> > Happy eatin'
> > Timberline
> >
> > <<  On thru hikes we had usually been concerned with daily calories and
> > tried to balance nutrition with town food. That system worked until
> Idaho.
> > The first town stop was after 675 miles and I ended up too anemic to
> donate
> > blood when I got home. It took months to build my iron up.
> >
> > I also read t he best seller, Fat Chance by Robert Lustig. My choice of
> > foods changed lots after reading his book!  >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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