[pct-l] Cramming a BV450

[Michael Chamoun]

This year in the Sierra's I could get only 6 days of food in the Bearvault
450.  I packed 3500kcals/day.  I pack bars, powdered beans, and peanuts and
the like.  Unless people were grossly under-eating (or not consuming that
many calories) I can't imagine packing for more than 7 days inside that
thing. Oh well.

Nano

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:51 PM, DA <dabruce at tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

> Excellent advice excellent!  I am a beginner backpacker who's first
> backpack trip was "seventy days in the sierras, and I'd never back packed
>  before" it's also a seminar I do.  I was able to pack 10 to 12 days of
> food, with first day in pack method.  As one person on this website last
> year was very funny in saying, that a bv450 can be packed with pure
> macadamia nut butter and that is 186,000 calories. I will be back out this
> year for 120 days and thanks to all the folks on this list, the PCTA, and
> all the hikers I met on the trail.
> Caddieman
> Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ellen Shopes" <igellen at comcast.net>
>
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:37:29
> To: <Pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cramming a BV450
>
>
> Take the 'factory sealed' stuff out of it's packaging!  It's desicated
> enough to last without it and will pack into the can better.  Some volume
> can be saved by cramming loose stuff in spaces between packages.  (I've
> heard of rice and oatmeal being carried loose.)
> My husband and I got 10 days worth of food into our bear canisters (except
> for the dinner we were eating that day).  OK, we did lose some weight
> during
> that portion.  Leave out the lowest calorie stuff, search the web for
> powdered versions of foods.  Wildernessdining.com has powdered cheese,
> butter, peanut butter, beans, etc.  don't take stuff you can't stomp on and
> crush into the can.
> Ellen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Margavage" <davidmargavage at gmail.com>
> To: <Pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:34 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Cramming a BV450
>
>
> >I was thinking of doing 10 days without a town stop in the Sierra's.  So I
> > got a BV450 and started stuffing.  I packed in 5 dinners, 5 lunch, 7
> > breakfast and snacks for a total weight 5.72lbs.  I mean it was crammed
> > full
> > and I still had another 3.25lbs that I could not get in it.  I was think
> I
> > can have the factory sealed food in my tent.  Would a Ranger have an
> issue
> > with that? Do they make extensions for the BV ;-)
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