[pct-l] Going stoveless and resupply as you go

[Meike]

Yogi's book is certainly helpful on this. But I guess there are some 
things that you just know when you are a native and you just don't know 
if you are not. That's language and culture. You probably know what to 
expect if Yogi tells you there is a "Ray's Food Place" or a "Vons" or a 
"Convenience Store" - I don't. For example, when I read about Wrightwood 
I learned that "grocery store" is apparently not just another word for 
"supermarket", as I thought before ;)

If Yogi says you can do a "full resupply", does that usually mean a big 
enough selection to find food for stoveless hiking?

Meike

Am 22.01.2014 04:00, schrieb Scott Williams:
> You can't expect to find good food at all stops and that's where 
> Yogi's Town Guide comes in.  Check what places you can expect to be 
> able to find a good selection of food and once there, use it as the 
> place to ship food forward to the next little spots that have poor 
> selection and keep on going up the trail that way.  I did most of the 
> PCT that way and it works fine.  Carry a few weeks of Yogi's guide 
> with you so you know where to ship to.
>
> Shroomer
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Meike <dideldadum at web.de 
> <mailto:dideldadum at web.de>> wrote:
>
>     I never hiked stoveless, so this is a pretty new challenge for me. But
>     reading about low-snow-years and fire danger and so on makes it a
>     really
>     reasonable and intriguing challenge for me. So I am really
>     thankful for
>     all the suggestions for no cook food on this list.
>
>     The biggest obstacle for me might be coffee... nothing better than
>     having a hot pot of black motivation and comfort watching sunrise
>     after
>     packing up your tent. But thats more a psychological obstacle, and
>     those
>     are made to overcome, aren't they?
>
>     But: I will have to resupply as I go as I don't have any support
>     persons
>     in the US. The question that arises to me: what kind of no cook
>     food can
>     I expect to find along the trail, especially in the smaller stores /
>     convenient stores? How common are bagels, hard salami, cashews,
>     sprouting seeds and the like close to the trail? Having to rely on
>     snack
>     bars, tacos and other "pure junk" seems really daunting to me. Snack
>     bars and the like are ok for snacks, but what kind of
>     salty-readily-available-low-bulk-and-weight-but-tasty-and-satisfying-and-maybe-even-healthy
>     food would be your top tip?
>
>     Is going stoveless and resupplying as you go doable if you are even a
>     little picky about your food?
>
>     Meike
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