[pct-l] Question - Cookless on the Trail

[paul at bluebrain.ca (Paul Mitchell)]

To me that hot meal at the end of the day is the light at the end of the 
tunnel.  I'd find the prospect of hiking without hot food to be depressing, 
but clearly for some people food is fuel.  For me it's a much bigger and 
more important part of the experience.

Is it an Italian saying?  Live to eat, don't eat to live.

Cheers,
Paul



> 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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