Mailing-food-ahead hikers risked wondering three months into their hike, “What the heck was I thinking?� That Top Ramen, those granola bars you thought you’d always love—eventually you can’t stand the sight of them. The supply-as-you-go hikers risked having to survive on peanut butter and hot dog buns for days if a small-town convenience store ran low on supplies. Two Swiss hikers mailed all of their PCT food ahead, including three different breakfasts that they planned to rotate. By the Oregon border, they’d grown to loathe one. They cussed at it in English and a mix of German and French.
