[pct-l] Protein supplement of the gods: Perpetuem

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, David,



As a marathoner you probably recognize the performance differences vs. long
distance hiking:  A marathoner may run 26.4 miles then rest for 99 days, but
a PCT’er could walk a marathon-a-day for 100 days.  There are different
dietary needs for each activity.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

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On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:31 PM, <dnlcyclone at aol.com> wrote:

>
> My name is David Liechty and my wife and I will be thru-hiking the PCT in
> 2011 with our 13-18 month old child.  In 2009, we thru-hiked the Pacific
> Northwest Trail...which is a beautiful trail when it's a trail.  A lot of
> the time it's built-in bushwhacking, and not cross country through meadows
> and gradual rises.  If you like taking eight hours to go two crow-flown
> miles up the side of a charred mountainside in Idaho, it might be your cup
> of tea.  During days like that and many others, what really helped keep my
> body going was a product made by Hammer Nutrition called Perpetuem.  I don't
> work for Hammer, but I was a competitive marathoner and Ironman triathlete
> for years and worked in specialty running stores that sold many products,
> and Hammer is the only company that I would unequivocally stand by for all
> their products.  Perpetuem is an all-natural vegetarian/non-dairy powder
> that replenishes proteins and lipids (fats) that your body loses and then
> craves when exerting you
>  rself for over three hours a day.  Although thru-hiking is nowhere near
> the cardiovascular workout that triathlons and marathons are, you're on your
> feet from 6-12 hours a day, depending on your mileage.   You mix Perpetuem
> in water, shake it up, and that's it.  Obviously, the more powder you put in
> your bottle of water, the more pasty and gelatinous it will be.  I like it
> to go down as an easily downed liquid, with a thicker consistency than that
> of Gatorade.  Nalgene sells foldable/durable plastic canteen bags that are
> excellent containers for Perpetuem or any other powder you might be
> carrying.  The nice thing about the canteen bags is that with the powder
> inside, it can contour to whatever you have in your pack.  I had it in my
> pack so that it was next to my back, and it was completely comfortable.  The
> nice thing about Perpetuem, is that you can take as little or as much as you
> want, but when you're in a pinch (running low on solid food), Perpetuem can
> fill in as a depe
>  ndable chunk of your diet.  In fact, there were days when all I did was
> drink water and drink Perpetuem...and those days were some of my best.  I'm
> not saying that you should substitute it for food completely, but at least
> try it.
>
> David Liechty
>
>
>
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