>>2530175>Yeah, people do use food drops at post offices. The logistics are a pain in the ass, as post offices have limited hours and are often closed on the weekends. I think they changed the tile and will only hold it for 30 days now, so you’d need support.Same guy here. Thru-hiking is a different animal, and I understand that. Planning and preparing five or six months' worth of food in advance would be somewhat insane, let alone the logistics; and almost no one loves anyone enough to drive food slightly further out to them each week. You could easily plan and mail off for your first month's worth, if you're sure of where you'll be from week to week.
Thing is, I sincerely doubt that more than a very few of the people posting these pics of junk food are thru-hikers. They're eating this shit on day hikes, weekend hikes, and week-long hikes.
But yeah, if your goal is to teabag Katahdin, by all means eat nothing but straight salted butter, avocado oil, Slim Jims, Mars bars, gummi worms, Emergen-C, and rolled oats for all I care. A thru-hike supersedes "normal" concerns.
