[pct-l] White Pass drop and Purist

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 If you resupply at White Pass, thumb down to the town of Packwood just west 
of the pass. They have a full PO for your drift box, pizza joint, laundry 
mats, great super market, motels with hot tubs and the works. Purist is 
someone who does not waiver from a marker route or trail. Supported hike in 
my book meaning having your gear and food ferried ahead of you. If you say a 
resupply at a Post Office is a supported hike, then no one has hike an " 
unsupported " hike. We all resupply at a P.O. or a country store. No one 
packs 5 months of food on this thing. Slack packing is hiking with just your 
daily needs ( no sleeping bag , tent etc.)  Whether you resupply with food 
every 4 days or 2 weeks doesn't make you a purist or supported or a 
slackpacker. No hiker has done the PCT as " Unsupported " . We all resupply. 
Some use the Post Office or some use stores. I am not a slack 
packer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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