Whats a typical week like on pct?

I suggest you go to the PCTA web site at http://www.pcta.org/ You'll find info and links to the information you need to get started. Get a good guide book, download Halfmile's free maps and jump in with both feet.

The PCT is so long and so varied that this isn't a simple answer. But basically, yes, by definition ANY long hike is broken into shorter hikes between resupplies. And trust me you can carry more than 4 days of food- unless you're carrying cans or something equally ridiculous. There's a spot on the Colorado Trail where people sometimes go 10 days without resupply- that's about my limit. :) You can get adequate calories for 1.5 pounds a day if you plan well. 2 pounds per day is much easier, and usually what I do. There are fanatics who drink olive oil and live on maltodextrin and other such insanity who claim that they can get down to 1.2 pounds per day. But that's nuts. So I'll +1 the PCT website, and getting a guidebook. There are a couple of great guidebooks available which list various places to mail stuff ahead to yourself for resupply, including addresses. Typically you pre-package the boxes and have someone mail them to you every week or so, keeping two or three stops ahead of you. You address the boxes as something like: Hold for Thru-Hiker Your name Etc., etc. These places are used to that. Include an estimated date of arrival. Another option that doesn't need an assistant is bounce-boxing, in which you mail a large resupply box to your next stop, resupply out of it, then mail it ahead to the next stop and repeat. This requires quite a large and heavy box and much more postage, though, because you end up mailing a lot of stuff over and over again.

PCT website is the place to go,you might like to check out YOGI’S SITE(she has written a book that she updates often with many of you questions answered in it) which is one of many links on the PCT site.Also POSTHOLER is a really good site and BPL member Paul Magnanti’s site has a lot of great info A Quick and Dirty Guide to The Pacific Crest Trail and member Alasdair Fowler made a fun video of his thru hike that you might enjoy watching PCT 2012 Class Video

Purdy.

You might also take a look at some PCT blogs from the past couple of years (there are some by BPL members). The blogs will give you a "flavour" of daily life on the trail — which is different from the (valuable) info you'll get from guidebooks. Oh, and they're free and often quite fun to read!

Walking 16 hours a day, sweat, blisters, bug bites, sunburn, sleeping on the ground, eating dehydrated food—- GLORIOUS!!! :)

Thanks so much for the help folks. This has been plenty helpful. I have been browsing the PCTA site and will order the guidebook, but the extra insight you all provide is great! Thanks again.

It's awesome. One suggestion about resupply boxes and meals. Mix it up and plan on a variety. Some times it's fine mailing ahead, but the same food can get to the point where you can barely gag your food down and food becomes highly linked with morale. So plan on sending some and buying at other places for a change, it helps a lot.