Re: [pct-l] resupplies

[Stephen Martin <troubadour@pcthiker.com>]

Sara,

Last year I went the shop as you go route for most of the trail. I did
however get mail drops from Crater lake north to the end of the trail since
the resupplies are not very good from that point forward.

I also has boxes sent to Mt Laguna and Warner Springs since those locations
don't offer very good resupply options either. Other than that I bought from
stores along the way without much problem. It's doable.

The stores I remember being kinda weak are: Echo Lake Resort (I went into
South Lake Tahoe which has everything) Belden Town Resort and Sierra City. I
got by at those places but it wasn't great. Everything I bought at Belden
was stale because they don't get much turnover.

You can buy food and ship it ahead if you like. That might be one way to
handle OR and WA. It's a pain in the butt though when you're on the trail.
At least for me it was. I couldn't get my brain to function at that high a
level :^). I had food shipped from VA to OR and WA. There aren't that many
stops but you will pay more sending it all the way across the country.

Troubadour
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on 1/20/00 5:17 AM, Sara Baggett at butterfreefl@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hello, everybody!  The hiking boot vs. running shoe
> debate has been stimulating, but can I interject a new
> topic?
> 
> I'm a PCT 2000 gonna be, but I want to know what you
> all think about Chris Bailey's suggestion to resupply
> in the towns on/near the trail and maybe mail
> resupplies from nearby towns to those resupply points
> that don't have much available.  As he suggested,
> mailing resupply packages from home (I live in South
> Florida) would be VERY expensive.  And it doesn't
> allow much flexibility if I get tired of what I'm
> sending.  I have the Town Guide and Chris' suggested
> resupply points, but they both use very general terms
> about the availability of supplies, e.g. "small" and
> "medium" stores.  Like Chris, I'm not a hugely picky
> eater.  Nor have I ever had any intention of
> dehydrating my own food.  But I do want some
> reasonably healthy food to eat.  Can it be done this
> way?  Or should I bite the bullet and ship from home?
> 
> P.S. I will have a drift box of difficult to find
> items, like a water filter cartridge, boot laces, etc.
> (Not that these are things to eat, mind you).
> 
> Sara B.
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