[pct-l] Ray Jardine

[Cosmic Cat]

This book blew my mind when I first read it in he 90's. Before that I was
'being prepared' with 50 lb packs and wool pants.

Fritos are actually relatively healthy. Ingredients are corn, corn oil, and
salt. Unless you get the flavored ones full of msg and other 'Tastes that
Kill'. Lol

Goodness
On Dec 20, 2010 7:49 PM, "giniajim" <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> I like Fritos Corn Chips myself, one of my favorite snack foods. Never
thought about carrying them on an extended hike, seems like it would be hard
to keep from crushing them. What other ready to eat corn pastas are out
there on the market?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: CHUCK CHELIN
> To: Scott Williams
> Cc: Matthew Edwards ; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ray Jardine
>
>
> Good evening, Shroomer,
>
>
>
> I don’t always agree with Jardine – maybe half the time – but I certainly
> agree about corn pasta. It is one of my all-time favorite trail foods. The
> way I like it best is simple: Deep fried with a little salt. It has good,
> basic, whole-grain corn; corn oil for Calories and palatability; and the
> salt that hikers need.
>
>
>
> I have prepared it myself at home for a hike, but for convenience I now
buy
> it ready-to-eat. My favorite brand is Fritos Corn Chips, although there
are
> many others on the market. All of them are just corn pasta -- fried or
> baked -- ready to eat. Yum.
>
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > I love that old copy too. It was reading that book that got me slowly
but
> > surely lightening my load. Each year in the 90's I'd try at least one
new
> > Jardine technique per backpack trip. First was tennis shoes instead of
my
> > old Vasque boots, and corn pasta. The tennis shoes stayed, the corn
pasta
> > was a bust, at least for me. I know other folks had figured out some of
> > the
> > ultra light phylosophy on their own, but it was reading Jardine that got
me
> > to seriously looking at all my gear. My pack is easily 35 to 40 lbs
> > lighter
> > than it was pre-Jardine.
> >
> > Shroomer
> >
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