[pct-l] Please HELP me!!!!

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

Bounce Box: Never used them nor had the slightest desire to do so. If I need 
it but don't have it, I don't need it. It's either that or admit to a 
judgmental error in my logistical planning and my Y chromosome doesn't allow 
for that.

Re-Supply Boxes:  Use them religiously. Rarely buy locally - other than the 
occasional town meals or to replace an unexpected loss. I want variety in my 
meals and it can be a crap-shoot as to what's available on the shelves at 
some of the smaller stores, especially if the "through-hiker pack" just left 
town the day before.Where possible, I use resorts or motels as supply points 
since they are open 7 days a week and long hours. I hate racing along the 
trail like a madman in hopes of getting to a post office before it closes. 
The trail has it's own way of adjusting my carefully pre-planned schedule so 
this takes some of the sting out of that adjustment.

Toilet Paper: Bulk is the issue here, not weight. The weight is next to 
nothing but it's value is beyond price. I've seen $1 per square offered on 
the trail. I carry full rolls; I put full rolls in my supply boxes. I will 
use it eventually - or sell it to finance my trip. Montezuma is NOT dead - 
he lies in wait for through-hikers, especially those gram-weenies who limit 
themselves to 4 squares be day. One good case of the trots will chew up an 
entire month's supply in one day. Poison Oak makes a very poor substitute 
for the real thing. I'll leave an energy bar home and take the full roll.

Wandering Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sevenon7th@yahoo.com"
Subject: [pct-l] Please HELP me!!!!
 1.   Bounce Box  ---  I have addresses for where to and where not to send 
these.... but, what kind of things do you typically keep in them?  I can 
certainly guess, but my best guesses so far have proven pretty far off the 
beam compared to what experienced thru-hikers actually do.

 2.  Re-supply Boxes --- I think my opinion has been swayed toward buying 
supplies as I go, and only mailing to myself those things that I can't 
purchase on the trail.....  Here is my question.... What are those things 
that I will need and can't find on the trail?   (I'm already hip to sending 
ice axe and warm clothes prior to High Sierra)

3.  Ok, don't laugh.... please.... but I've been stressing about toilet 
paper.  I've been saving partial rolls.... to send in my resupply boxes.... 
is this ridiculous.... do you just carry a whole roll?