[pct-l] Food in the Sierras

[Ate Tuna]

Try high calorie food instead of low calorie food.

Here's a spreadsheet I made up for trail food that I've considered carrying.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvpQXZWzWFY1dDZDTy14N1JGcERib3V6R1kxZEZmNlE&hl=en&authkey=CIu1k_oF

You can do much better.  I once fit about 10 days of food in my Ursack with
4500 calories per day.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Tony Shields <tone.shields at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to plan out the food i am taking into the sierras from Kennedy
> Meadows to VVR.
>
> I have the bearvault bv 500 bear canister, filled it with as much light
> weight low calorie food as I can. When I add it all up this results in a
> measly 12612 calories. If I hike this section in ten days, thats only 1200
> calories a day!
>
> What kinds of foods/strategies do you guys use through this section??
>
> thanks all
>
> Tony
>
> p.s.i had just asked this list about fishing, which I hear is awesome in
> this section, but i wouldnt want to rely on fish for food...
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