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August 14th to 17th 2008:
Desolation Wilderness and Granite Chief Wilderness
Gear
As usual, my pack was very light. Even with a
large bear canister (BearVault), rain jacket and pants (Porepro by 3M),
insulating jacket (Montbell down sweater), 2 person tent (Tarptent
Rainbow), inflatable pad and pillow (Montbell), and camera with mini
tripod my pack probably
weighed in around 12 pounds. Add in 6 pounds of food and 2 liters
of water and I was carrying no more than 20 pounds at the start of the
trip.
Food
When I’m backpacking with others I enjoy a hot meal
at the end of the day, but not nearly so much when by myself. To these
ends, two nights before leaving the Bay Area I went to Trader Joes to buy
2500 calories for each of my 4 days. The repackaged food ended up
weighing 1.5 pounds per day. I also enjoy a single cup of coffee each
morning, but didn’t want the hassle on the trail, nor the caffeine
withdrawal headache. My solution, which worked quite well, was 2 pieces
of Jolt gum each morning.
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Table made while shopping at Trader Joe's |
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Item |
Servings x Calories/Serving |
Cumulative Calories |
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16 Balance Bars |
16 x 200 = 3200 |
3200 |
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One 16 oz bag Dried Apricots |
11 x 110 = 1210 |
4410 |
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Six Babybelle Cheese pieces |
6 x 40 = 420 |
4830 |
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One 16 oz bag Trail Mix |
15 x 150 = 2250 |
7080 |
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Two 4 oz bags Beef Jerky |
8 x 70 = 560 |
7640 |
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One 7 oz box Licorice |
5 x 130 = 650 |
8290 |
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One box crackers |
9 x 140 = 1260 |
9550 |
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Gatorade* |
6 x 200 = 1200 |
10750 |
* Enough powder to make six 1-liter
drinks.
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| Except for the Gatorade which has been in a drawer for many
years, this photo shows everything I bought at Trader Joe’s in it’s
original packaging. |
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| And this photo shows everything repackaged. The trail
mix, apricots and licorice were mixed together for my breakfast and
lunch while the crackers, cheese and jerky were mixed to form my
dinner. The bars filled in the gaps while the Gatorade allowed
me to drink much more than I would have had I been consuming water
only. Given the hot and dry conditions I was very glad to have
the sugar / salt water. This combination of food provided me all
the energy I needed, tasted OK, and I was never hungry. The
Balance bars melted a bit and were hard to eat without a lot of water.
I would not bring the Almond Brownie (bar with purple stripe) flavor
again. The other bars, peanut butter, honey peanut, and
chocolate peanut butter were better. |
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