[Cdt-l] Food Weight, ETC

Fri Mar 1 13:46:48 CST 2013

you wouldn't believe the food that hikers left in the hiker box when we were angels - they would over pack food for the first 2 1/2 days and have a re-supply box waiting for them at the PO - they didn't seem to eat very much the first days on the trail - rudy even left some french freeze dried meals that later hikers took

Keith 
Deming, NM

-----Original Message-----
From: Trekker4 <Trekker4 at aol.com>
To: doug-sue <doug-sue at centurylink.net>; Cdt-l <Cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Fri, Mar 1, 2013 9:24 am
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Food Weight, ETC

My food weight is 1.25 lbs/dy, including stove and fuel; I don't cook, so there is no stove and fuel. I eat granola for breakfast; 4 different snacks during the day-2 different bars, 4 oz Soya-Kaas cheese, & trail mix; and a ProBar for dinner. Works for me, but probably wouldn't work for everyone.
I eat a lot of the food walking, which helps get my 15+ days, as I seem to be a slower hiker than almost everyone. Again, works for me. 

Bob "Trekker" Brewer
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of Texas

In a message dated 2/27/2013 10:24:33 A.M. Central Standard Time, doug-sue at centurylink.net writes:

Just wondering if there are any tips for saving on food weight?
Better to carry a little less than a little more?

And am I the only one that finds some foods that sound good to me at home- I had hardly stand on the trail?

I am finding a more bland type food appeals to me better than the spicy stuff.

Just a note:  I just spent 3 dys/ 2 nights in the Superstition Mts in AZ.  I tried out my new Zpack Hexamoid solo plus tent.  I had frost on the inside both nights. 

I used my 30* summer bag in temps well below that and was cold both nights.  I tried using a small quilt I had Feathered Friends make for me that is about 4' x 5' inside the bag for added warmth but I could not get the quilt to cooperate with me and it kept moving around all night.  Maybe I could safety pin it in place.  Cold nights are miserable and I think I am coming down with a cold.  

I hiked out yesterday doing a 15 miler with lots of ups and down.  Legs are tired today.  

I am going to sell the quilt on eBay.

Work on the diet- I am going to be trying some new combinations today and see how they work.  I have enough Esbit tabs for this trip.  A Dicks store in Michigan was cleaning out its stock and I bought all they had for under $4 a box- I picked up hundreds of tabs.  

My best trail food is a block of cheese and a nice onion on a tortilla shell and an individual pack of mayonnaise.
Substituting a small foil pack of salmon makes a great meal, too.

The NB trail shoes did well on the trip.

The batteries in my SteriPen failed but I had a back up filter with me.  I can't stand any floaties in my water or strange colors and even with the prefilter I am not sure I like using a steriPen.  I may put those up on eBay today and just use the heavier MSR water filter- no failure- reliable.

working my way up a long incline yesterday I could feel my pulse throbbing in my head and I started to hear a strange soound like a train going by that lasted for well over an hour even though I sat down and waiting for the pulse to go back down.  I told my wife, the nurse, about it when I got home last night and she didn't think that was a good thing.  I have a doctor appointment going up on March 10 and will discuss that with her then.

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