resupply
AT Resupply FAQs: Shopping Strategies, Nutrition Tips, and More
“So, are you going to have to hunt and forage your food?” Virtually every thru-hiker has been asked this question. For people unfamiliar with thru-hiking, it seems logical. How else...
Pacific Crest Trail Resupply Guide
It’s that time again: time for this year’s PCT class to plan their resupply. In 2016 around this time, I was dehydrating apples and beef in a panic, flipping through...
SoBos in vortex
I have made it to Washington! My start date was two days ago, but here we are still waiting in the SoBo vortex. I flew to Seattle via Reykjavik. It...
Packing Resupply Boxes for the CDT
My Past Resupply Strategies In less than one week, I will be standing at the southern terminus of the CDT, ready to set out Northbound on my fourth thru-hike and...
Review: Right On Trek Backpacking Food Delivery
What we fuel ourselves with on the trail is as personal and important as anything else we carry, if not more so, given how infinite the approaches and combinations are....
Cold Soaking With No Mail Drops (For Beginners)
Next camping trip I vowed that I would enjoy my meal sans stove. All the better for sleeping bag snacking...
A Complete Guide to Resupply on the John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a 211-mile trail that undulates across numerous high passes in the Sierra Nevada. The trail has several resupply options along the way but...
Resupply on the Great Divide Trail
As mentioned in my previous articles concerning permits, advanced planning is an important part of the character of the trail. It’s hard to “wing” it and that includes resupply on...
Resupply, Food, and Final Gear Changes
One month to go, and it's getting down to the little details. So far, the most common questions I get from people about my thru-hike pertain to food. Here's my...
Resupply Strategy on the Continental Divide Trail
Salt Lake City, Feb. 8, 2019: How do you get food over a distance of 3,000 miles? In this post I provide a brief summary of what you have to...