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August 9th to 11th 2009: North Lake to South Lake

Food

I started the trip with 15,000 calories so I could walk 25 miles a day for 5 days and end up at Whitney Portal.  Instead I did the classic North Lake to South Lake loop in much less time so ended up carrying out a ton of food, as the photos below show.

Here’s the food I stared with: Cliff Bars, 20 bars at 240 calories/bar = 4,800 calories Gatorade (powder for 10 1-liter drinks), 10 servings at 225 calories/serving = 2,250 calories Bread (one loaf Safeway Honey Wheat Berry), 17 servings at 110 calories/serving = 1,870 calories Peanut Butter (one 18 oz jar), 16 servings at 200 calories/serving = 3,200 calories Jam (1 cup or 16 Tablespoons), 16 servings at 50 calories/serving = 800 calories Cookies (one Chips Ahoy 15 oz bag), 16 servings at 120 calories/serving = 1,920 calories Sum = 14,840 calories or 2,968 calories per day for 5 days.  I didn't weigh the food but it's probably around 10 pounds.

And here’s the 6 pounds, 2 ounces of food I carried out (plus a 2 pound, 8 ounce bear canister).  The peanut butter jar and jam jars still had 13.4 and 7.1 ounces of food, respectively.

Here's what I ate each day:

Day 1: 3 Cliff Bars, 2 Gatorades, 1 PB&J sandwich and some cookies.
Day 2: 4 Cliff Bars, 2 Gatorades, 1 PB&J sandwich.
Day 3: 2 Cliff Bars, 1 Gatorade

Despite eating very little (relative to my caloric expenditure) I was never hungry or lacking energy.  Part of this is due to a suppressed appetite typical of not being acclimated to the altitude.  I would most certainly bring the Cliff bars (and find them 10 times better than Balance bars) along with the Gatorade again.  The PB&J sandwiches were just so-so, and the bread took up a lot of room.  I would not bring the cookies again.

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