[pct-l] Do the math - Packing a Bear Canister

[AsABat]

I liked Reader's suggestion some years ago. Fill the bear can with
macadamia nuts and then pour melted chocolate until the can is full.
 
1 cup of macadamia nuts, raw = 962 calories
1 cup of milk chocolate = 899 calories

Note that the milk chocolate would occupy some of the space also
occupied by the nuts, resulting in excess of 1,000 calories per cup.

Plus, you'd have everyone on the trail wanting to trade your
chocolate-covered macadamias for anything else you wanted, resulting in
an unlimited variety of food.

AsABat


> Consider the following:
> + 9 days food needed
> + 4500-6000 calories a day
> + 700 cubic inch canister (large):
> 
> If you filled the canister up with processed white sugar, you would
would
> get 4150 calories per day
> 
> If you filled the canister with 1/3 Canola Oil and 2/3 Sugar, you
would
> get
> 6163 calories per day.
> 
> Notes:
> 1 cup of sugar = 770 calories
> 1 cup of canola oil = 1927 calories