[baddox]

When I did the JMT I was restricted in the last leg by the volume of my bear cannister. That's mostly what I was thinking of. I dropped from around 3500 calories per day to around 2800, and I sure felt it (also the last leg is by far the most difficult, southbound).

[chrismartin]

Yes, the southernmost stretch of JMT is also the burliest stretch of the PCT!

Many thru hikers bend the rules for bear canister use. We carried canisters because we had to, but I don't know any PCT nobo'er who was able to cram all their food inside for the long Sierra Nevada (JMT) stretches. We slept next to our food so that we could chase away the bear.

[baddox]

Yeah, that would have been nice to have even just one more day of food outside the cannister, but I was pretty committed to following the rules.