I was looking through the section and the various descriptions of what constitutes support and so on. I have a question I think.

To be considered self supported one has to:

1. Get ones own supplies in town (mail or store).
2. Walk and not hitchhike to towns for supplies.

And here is my questions:

3. One MUST not accept Trail Magic as that is no different than support from a crew. (is that correct?)

4. Assuming 3 above, that by definition must then include not taking water from water caches as they are without question support (correct??)

If the answer is all of the above then it would be interesting to see in a dry year how one could get through the desert section of the PCT as Joe Camps is doing today.