[pct-l] Water is Soooo Boring

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

We have liked Tang ever since the 60's! Still carry it, but dilute it in 
half--somehow out there full-strength is too "thick" and I need more liquid, 
anyway.



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernie Castillo" <erniec01 at hotmail.com>
To: <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water is Soooo Boring


>
> in 1980, my resupply boxes included Tang -- the drink astronauts made 
> famous -- cleverly packed by my sister and mom in the plastic bags made by 
> Playtex for use in their baby formula bottles. A quick press of a 
> Seal-a-Meal device closed the ends.
>
> When I added water from Soda Springs, I swear it tasted just like Orange 
> Crush.
>
> Ernie Castillo
> erniec01 at hotmail.com
> 248 884 5201
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> From: erniec01 at hotmail.com
> To: diane at santabarbarahikes.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Water is Soooo Boring
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>> From: diane at santabarbarahikes.com
>> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:11:12 -0700
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water is Soooo Boring
>>
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>> On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:21 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > Is anything other than water that is safe to drink?
>> >
>> > - diet cola: ingredients I cannot pronounce
>> > - fruit juice: loaded with sugar
>> > - coffee: caffein
>> > - milk: good with brownies, oatmeal cookies, etc.
>> >
>> > J J
>> You could try some of the sports drinks. The high-end ones you order
>> online or get at bike/running shops. Or perhaps Emergen-C. We've been
>> drinking Zipfizz, but it's way over-packaged. I suppose none of these
>> have ingredients you can pronounce. Good old water suffices for me
>> most of the time. Wine is also good, but not really a performance
>> drink. :)
>>
>> Yoshihiro cracks me up:
>> > I have tested the American's unhealthy foods extensively in this
>> > summer. The foods was not wrong, they sometimes taste good. Now, I
>> > think that the overeating behavior of the Americans might be the cause
>> > of the short life.
>>
>> Yeah, uh-uh. You "tested" it. (Picturing Yoshi chowing down with
>> gusto and stuffing his bags for the return trip with cheese-puffs and
>> Little Debbies.)
>>
>> Americans overeat and under-exercise. I think the under-exercising is
>> even worse than the overeating. Forget LA. Nobody walks in America.
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