How many Snickers bars did you eat?

[Tin Man]

Taking one step at a time, hiker helps animal shelter
BY MEGAN REITER
STAFF WRITER

11/30/2007




HONESDALE — It took one borough resident two pairs of shoes, seven months, more than 2,100 miles and 4,000 Snickers bars to hike the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine and raise $10,000 for the Dessin Animal Shelter.

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site...d=416046&rfi=6

[Lone Wolf]

i've never eaten a Snickers bar while hiking

[Yukon]

i've never eaten a Snickers bar while hiking

They are great for energy

[WalkinHome]

In 2000 Snickers was having a contest with instant winners and the like. I do not recall more than one or two hikers ever getting anything other than another Snickers bar for free. Can you say "scam"? That 4,000 number is quite huge as I loosely figure I ate about 400 on my thru and that counts 2 a day and some wiggle room for extras. 4,000 wow!

[Tin Man]

In 2000 Snickers was having a contest with instant winners and the like. I do not recall more than one or two hikers ever getting anything other than another Snickers bar for free. Can you say "scam"? That 4,000 number is quite huge as I loosely figure I ate about 400 on my thru and that counts 2 a day and some wiggle room for extras. 4,000 wow!

The number sounds suspect, but then maybe she ate the mini-bars or, more likely, she said, "snickers bars? sure I ate snickers bars. must have been about 4,000 tee hee".

[Lone Wolf]

nobody can eat 19 snickers a day for 7 months

[nitewalker]

Taking one step at a time, hiker helps animal shelter
BY MEGAN REITER
STAFF WRITER

11/30/2007




HONESDALE — It took one borough resident two pairs of shoes, seven months, more than 2,100 miles and 4,000 Snickers bars to hike the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine and raise $10,000 for the Dessin Animal Shelter.

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site...d=416046&rfi=6

uggggh , 4000.....i couldnt eat 4000 of them over 3 lifetimes. my good that just leads to the overweight hiker thread....4000 that 2000$ worth of them ...no way of a 1500$ thruhike there........omg

[taildragger]

nobody can eat 19 snickers a day for 7 months

She had to start putting on a winter coat for a late season in Maine...

[Tin Man]

She had a hiking partner, so maybe it was 10 bars each per day - article doesn't say whether the 4,000 was for one or both. If they ate Snicker Miniatures, then it is possible.

[Footslogger]

TNTC ...too numerous to count. I did the Snickers thing in phases because I would ocassionally get so sick of them I couldn't bring myself to looking at one. But, when I did have the Snickers mojo I was going through about 4 a day (the super sized ones). Somewhere during my thru in 2003 I discovered the Kashi bars and found them to provide longer lasting energy and they had a list of healthier contents.

'Slogger

[Lone Wolf]

She had a hiking partner, so maybe it was 10 bars each per day - article doesn't say whether the 4,000 was for one or both. If they ate Snicker Miniatures, then it is possible.

i still call BS. all newspaper articles about thru-hikes are embellished and loaded with crap

[pitdog]

I loved snikers and peanutbutter for about 400 miles and than I got sick of both;and today I still cant bring myself to eat them.

[Tin Man]

I agree - story is FOS. I was just saying it was possible.

p.s. If you need a Snickers fix, you can locate the nearest Snickers store by clicking here.

[Uncle Silly]

i've never eaten a Snickers bar while hiking

Me neither. The chocolate would melt in my pocket and I can't stand melty chocolate bars.

I always wait until a good break spot for my Snickers.

[nitewalker]

most hiking stories are blown out of proportion. good selling point in todays world..arent hiking sories like fishing and hunting stories?

[Uncle Silly]

4000 snickers bars? 5000 calories a day? yeah, i think there's a little exaggeration going on here.

[Gray Blazer]

I've seen thrubees put mayo on their snickers before eating them. Talk about your cravings.

[nitewalker]

I've seen thrubees put mayo on their snickers before eating them. Talk about your cravings.

now thats disgusting . i want to vomit at the thought of that.....hold the mayo..................

[taildragger]

now thats disgusting . i want to vomit at the thought of that.....hold the mayo..................

I couldn't agree more. A snickers bar, like the one I'm eating right now, is more conducive to eating with a serving of grey pou pon.

Sick sick mayo people...

[Tin Man]

Grey pou pou. Ugh! Try something basic like peanut butter.