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

[Scott Williams]

It did for me.  Full resupply means a pretty good market even if not up to
super market size.  I'm OK with stoveless instant rice and instant mashed
potatoes for a base, tuna and packaged cooked chicken, jerky, soup mixes,
olive oil, peanut butter, cheese and salami, oatmeal, dried fruit and nuts,
an assortment of energy bars and other packaged mixes.  And all of that
you'll find in a place listed as "Full resupply." Others will go for the
breads and tortillas as part of a no cook resupply and those items will be
there too.  Many folks going stoveless focus on tortillas, bagels or bread
and hard cheese and salami for most of their meals, and that will always be
available in a full resupply stop.  But it doesn't mean a health food
store, which is where you'll find better stuff for going stoveless, but if
I'm remembering right, Yogi lists them when they're there.

It would be more difficult coming from another country, for sure.  I  just
spent a month in France and as similar as much of the food is, I had a hell
of a time figuring out what all the different names and qualities of yogurt
were.  We did some experimenting and found what we needed, but there was a
learning curve and at first it was really confusing.  Keep asking.  A Vons
is a pretty big store.  Ray's Food Place, I have no idea, your guess is as
good as mine, as they don't have them in my part of the country.  But if
it's big enough to get the Full resupply listing, I'd trust that I could do
resupply there.

When you get a good resupply stop, check for towns up trail that are listed
as convenience store only and ship to those places.  When you find a health
food store that has dried cooked beans and veggies, buy more than you need
and ship them forward.

 Once you set out, you'll meet a lot of American hikers and you'll be able
to ask these questions as they come up.  Go over Yogi's guide with someone
savvy about the PCT, and there will be many on trail, and have them look at
your resupply options up trail.  You'll get it and you'll get plenty of
help from others.  They may be your first "Trail Angels."  I never saw a
hiker from another country get anything but a big dose of magic just for
being over here hiking the trail we love so well.  You will have friends.

Going stoveless is more difficult when you're resupplying without the
benefit of having dried your own food, at least it is for me as I don't eat
all the junk on trail I used to.  But it is doable and it won't be the
hardest part of the hike.  And, if after the desert you just can't stand
it, there are good gear shops in Lone Pine and Bishop where you can buy a
Jet Boil or something else and you can start cooking.  But you're on the
right track in wanting to go stoveless in this drought year, the driest
year since records have been kept in California.  So kudos and thanks from
all us very drought weary Californians!  And have a wonderful summer!

Shroomer


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:22 PM, 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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