[pct-l] Question - Cookless on the Trail

[csxii at schizoaffective.org (csxii@schizoaffective.org)]

I even take my cook set on day hikes.  I like to "cook" a lunch and hot
chocolate at my turn around point.


On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:47:14 -0800, Paul Mitchell <paul@bluebrain.ca> had this
to say:

>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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