[pct-l] Purism

> <snip>
>
> My definition of "supported" means that a support team has food and
> supplies
> waiting for you at resupply points but you carry your gear down the trail.
>
> If you carry only the gear necessary for the next leg and have the support
> team carry the rest ahead until you need it - maybe that's "slackpacking'
> and maybe that's just like using a driftbox.
>
> Jim Owens once defined a PCT "thruhike" as getting from Mexico to Canada
in
> one hiking season and under your own foot-power -- any danm way you want
> to.
> <snip>
>
> Jim Owens is right on.   If a hiker uses the Postal Service or UPS to
carry
> food or gear for him/her, he/she is walking a "supported hike", so I doubt
> that there are or have been many "purists" in the long-distance hiking
> world.
>
> The HMS Beagle -- that's purist.
>
> -- Dave
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