[pct-l] Cost of hike

[Adrian Santos]

hi 
one questionwhen you talk about calories you refer to Kj or Kcal, ? I always get confuse with this thanksAdrian

> From: n801yz at hotmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:15:41 -0700
> Subject: [pct-l]  Cost of hike
> 
> I have some good news for you and your friend- I just went shopping; buying me some tasty hiker food. 
> 
> I took a magic marker and wrote the amount of calories for each food on the food’s container. 
> 
> Here’s a typical day’s worth; noting each container’s caloric values- 
> 
> Breakfast- 
> 
> 2 Nescafe Cappuccinos / 100 calories each, Sweet Chocolate Nut Mix / 675 calories 
> 
> (I ran out of oatmeal packets and this is my randomly picked 5th day’s breakfast entree), 
> 
> Snacks- 
> 
> for am and pm- 
> 
> sesame seeds / 1,080 calories, pineapple / 1,020 calories, snap peas / 420 calories, 
> 
> Pay Day candy bar / 440 calories, Nescafe caramel latte drink / 100 calories, Lime Margarita mix / 40 calories, Abuelita chocolate mix / 110 calories,
> 
> Lunch- 
> 
> consisting of 2 sandwiches of raisin/cinnamon bread / 100 calories per slice, w/ chocolate peanut butter spread / 200 calories each serving, 
> 
> for a total of 800 calories in 2 sandwiches, followed by
> 
> Supper- 
> 
> Idahoan potatoes / 440 calories, Kraft tuna helper w/ cheese, seasoning, and noodles / 1,150 calories, Abuelita chocolate mix / 110 calories, 
> 
> for a grand total of 7,785 calories.
> 
> This was a randomly selected meal that I put together. 
> 
> One other day’s meal totaled a mere 3,095 calories. 
> 
> Bottom line- 
> 
> I spent a little under $200 for 15 days worth of food, and I’m showing you what a typical days worth of food is worth, 
> 
> caloric wise and variety wise, and in a straight off the cuff manner with no agenda or premeditated calculations. 
> 
> What’s the food’s weight you ask? 
> 
> Hold on while I gather that information.
> 
> OK-  
> Breakfast:
> cappacino- 1 oz. 
> cappacino- 1 oz.
> nut mix- 5 ozs.
> 
> AM and PM snacks: 
> sesame seeds- 6 ozs.
> pineapple chunks- 8 ozs.
> snap peas- 3.3 ozs.
> candy bar- 3.4 ozs.
> cappacino- 1 oz.
> drink mix- 1 oz.
> chocolate mix- 1 oz.
> 
> Supper:
> potatoes- 4 ozs.
> noodle, cheese, seasoning- 13.7 ozs.
> chocolate mix- 1 oz.
> 
> Total weight: 43.4 ozs. with a value of 7,785 calories. 
> 
> Actually, THAT is a very good ratio of weight versus calories. 
> 
> I went shopping a few hours ago, totally shooting from the hip. 
> 
> I am pleasantly surprised and flabbergasted to boot!
> 
> It was fun doing this for my own ed-u-ma-ca-tion,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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