[pct-l] Question - Cookless on the Trail

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

Hey Switchback!

That means NO COFFEE!!!

Sounds like you could gain a couple more miles of hiking without cooking,
though.

I'd try it if I could camp next to a Starbucks.


Warner Springs Monty




> [Original Message]
> From: <Hiker97@aol.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Cc: <laura629@hotmail.com>
> Date: 11/6/2005 5:26:08 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Question - Cookless on the Trail
>
> I am wondering how valuable it is to cook when out hiking.  It seems  to
me 
> the nutritional value gained is hardly any greater than going without 
heating 
> up water, etc.  There are so many items to take hiking these days  that 
> provide just as much energy and go power without all the hassle of a 
stove.
>  
> I know a hot meal or drink is a treat at the end of the day,  especially
if 
> it is cold.  But I am thinking more of three season  backpacking and not
winter 
> hiking.
>  
> May be I am just a lazy backpacker, but I am thinking of dumping the 
trouble 
> of cooking meals.  I only do it for dinner anyway.  What's the  big deal?
To 
> me it is a pain.  Plus, if I eat dinner and then do more  hiking, which
is a 
> good technique, going cookless seems more time  efficient.  Then all I do
is 
> have a dessert in my camp at the end of the  day.
>  
> Any opinions on this?  How many PCT hikers are cookless today?
>  
> Your hiking buddy, Switchback
> Eat & Run Backpacker & Will Be Glad to Finish Your Hot Meal Left  Overs
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