Resupply
Because you’ll be on path for a number of weeks, you received’t have the ability to carry all of your meals without delay – you’ll have to cease and resupply periodically. Most folks resupply 4-6 instances, however there are an honest quantity of highway crossings and alternatives to get into city alongside the path. So resupplying typically could be simple if you wish to lower down on meals weight in your pack. Just remember that city stops could be costly and have a tendency to take numerous time. You’ll have to steadiness the comfort of carrying much less meals in opposition to the time it takes to make stops.
You can resupply by mailing bins forward of time to a submit workplace or a spot on the town that gives to carry bins for hikers (like a hostel), having a pal or member of the family meet you at highway crossings with recent provides (hikers who journey with a canines typically select this selection), or getting a journey into a close-by city for the grocery retailer. If your resupply plan entails mailing packages, you’ll wish to ship them nicely prematurely to verify they arrive in time so that you can choose them up.
If you’re mailing your resupply bins to a submit workplace (ensure the PO in your goal city accepts normal supply), that is the way you’ll wish to handle your field:
Your Name
c/o General Delivery
Town Name, VT 01234
Arriving By: ETA
It’s additionally a good suggestion to put in writing your identify or put a particular marker (like colourful doodles or stickers) on all sides of the field to make it simpler for postal staff to seek out it amongst the hoards of different bins.