[pct-l] Trail Snacks with Horsepower

[patti kulesz]

Switchback wrote: To get some good miles in between 5 AM to 8 AM is a great way 
to start off the day.  By the time it starts to warm up, you have 6-8 miles 
done.  It does not get any better than that out there.  What a way to start the 
day.

I say it doesn't get any better than that ANYWHERE woohoo! are we hiking yet?
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: "hiker97 at aol.com" <hiker97 at aol.com>
To: peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; reinholdmetzger at cox.net
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 12:13:19 PM
Subject: Re: Trail Snacks with Horsepower

Nut Boy Reinhold writes: So you see Sugar Moma...I mean patti....if you 
incorporate Macadamia nuts in your menu you would lighten your pack weight and 
munch and crunch as many of them delicious Macadamia babies as you like without 
affecting your cholesterol and you would be so full of  ''HORSEPOWER''  that you 
would leave all the other hikers in the dust.....it worked for me on my JMT 
speed hikes.
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Switchback replies: Make your own GORP.  You can make a super delicious 
recipe.  I like the Trader's Joe individual bags of nuts for the trail.  Also, 
corn nuts are tasty too out there banging along the trail.  M&M's are good 
addition for a nice change in nut mixture.  

 
The key in trail food is to take things you will ACTUALLY eat.  Variety is super 
important.  Nutrition then is next in line of importance.  Some nice ProBars and 
Lara Bars are good too for that extra power and balance.  I like them for 
breakfast on the early morning trail with a nice protein shake.  To get some 
good miles in between 5 AM to 8 AM is a great way to start off the day.  By the 
time it starts to warm up, you have 6-8 miles done.  It does not get any better 
than that out there.  What a way to start the day.