[pct-l] resupply

[kdpo@pacbell.net (Ken & Marcia Powers)]

Congrats on your PCT trip! My husband and I hiked last year. When we took
our ice ax-crampon class at MT Shasta, the guide showed us a Snow Peak Giga
Power stove that is fueled by butane cartridges. We switched to this stove
after weighing the pros and cons (light weight, non-recyclable containers)
and asked the company in Lake Oswego, Oregon mailed cartridges to us at our
scheduled resupply points. They did a great job. they knew how to ship
meeting ORMD regulations (ground only, within the allowed amounts. We still
have schedule and amounts of fuel that we ordered and the resupply points
that it was mailed or UPSed to if you want that info. We asked if the
company would ship to other hikers and they said yes. The person that we
talked to was Cindy Ross, author of Journey on the Crest!

Ken and Marcia
----- Original Message -----
From: "terri mason" <terri_mason@hotmail.com>
To: <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: [pct-l] resupply


> Hello,
> My husband and I are Canadians planning on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
> this year and are trying to sort out the resupply situation.  Does anyone
> have any suggestions as to how to get fuel to the resupply stations?  It
is
> illegal to mail fuel in Canada, and since there's a good chance that our
> parcels will be opened at the border, it's not worth trying.  Is it legal
to
> mail it from within the US or are there enough stores along the way that
> people just purchase their fuel as they go.
>
> Also... how exactly does one get to Campo from San Diego?  Is hitch-hiking
> the only option (greyhound buses don't seem to go there)?
>
> Regards.....
> Terri and Mark Mason
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