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

[Jackie McDonnell]

When my book states "Full Resupply", that refers to a supermarket or large
grocery store.  So, yes, you could find stoveless food items.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Meike <dideldadum at web.de> wrote:

> 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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