Did the JMT in 2019 with a 42 pound pack, redid it last month at 26 and the passes felt like a totally different trail

James Harris · 2026-10-14T16:30:04.193135+00:00

Carried way too much food in 2019 and suffered, but this time I mailed resupply boxes to Red's Meadow and MTR and it changed everything, so I'm curious how others handle the food weight vs cost tradeoff on long routes?

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