Fun Facts No. 6

Eric Ryback, popularly known as the first person to hike the length of the PCT, carried an 80-pound (40 kg) pack on his 1970 thru-hike. He had only five resupply packages on the entire trip, and was loaded with 40 (20 kgs) pounds of food at the start of each leg. He often ran out of food and foraged or went hungry.