I'm just now catching up after being in Sitka, AK for a week or so. I'm glad you're staying resilient despite all the gear failures and glitches of the recent days. Your years of experience and thoughtful preparation are serving you so well and it's really good to see. Despite my complete lack of hiker-hunger, I'm eating potato chips in solidarity. :-)
I'm seeing your resupply strategy through the Sierra. Looks like it's working very well. Those town days will help pack some calories in. Keep eating a lot. I was a wreck by the time I got to Tahoe since I hadn't learned to eat enough until around there, plus with how I did the Sierra. I needed a triple zero in Tahoe, and another at Donner Pass, and even then it took a few more days until I got my strength back. If you can, pick up the eating on trail before you get to that stage, I'd highly recommend it. For me, it was adding a daily fruit pie and pack of snack cakes to the diet - those extra 900 calories made the difference for me.
I hope you visited Eric Shacht bakery. Next stop Mammoth don’t forget Mammoth brewery, decent brew pub.
I'm just now catching up after being in Sitka, AK for a week or so. I'm glad you're staying resilient despite all the gear failures and glitches of the recent days. Your years of experience and thoughtful preparation are serving you so well and it's really good to see. Despite my complete lack of hiker-hunger, I'm eating potato chips in solidarity. :-)
I'm seeing your resupply strategy through the Sierra. Looks like it's working very well. Those town days will help pack some calories in. Keep eating a lot. I was a wreck by the time I got to Tahoe since I hadn't learned to eat enough until around there, plus with how I did the Sierra. I needed a triple zero in Tahoe, and another at Donner Pass, and even then it took a few more days until I got my strength back. If you can, pick up the eating on trail before you get to that stage, I'd highly recommend it. For me, it was adding a daily fruit pie and pack of snack cakes to the diet - those extra 900 calories made the difference for me.