[pct-l] Food and hunger

[JPL]

I can vouch for that.  It took me a long time and many hikes of bringing 
back a *lot* of food before it finally dawned on me.

-----Original Message----- 
From: marmot marmot
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:26 PM
To: pct-l @backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Food and hunger

Because it has been mentioned lately I want to suggest that you do not 
overpack food in the beginning Unless you are unusual, hiker hunger does not 
kick in until you loose a lot of body fat. Even if you do not see yourself 
as having weigh that you could loose, there is internal fat. The hiker boxes 
are full of cast off food at each resupply. Test yourself out. It's only 
maybe 10-11days to Idyllwild from the border and 5 places to buy food or 
pick up a cooked meal to supplement what you have on your back. Even now I 
forget and pack too much for the first 3-4 weeks of hiking.  Often altitude 
takes away hunger also so you could have it happen all over again in the 
Sierras. I'm always having people who are new on the trail try to "share" 
food just to get it off their backs. Further up the trail all bets are off. 
You are having food fantasies. Marmot

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