How much GORP, dried fruits, beef jerky etc. Per Day?
Hi gang. I've got my daily progress for my hike planned out along with all my anticipated maildrops. Now, i'm actually beginning to prepare the contents of each maildrop. So, a question for you grizzled thru-hikers:
How much GORP, dried fruits, beef jerky, etc. did you routinely eat per day?
I plan to cook a hot breakfast and dinner each day but my plan is to only eat lunches that require no preparation. Things like GORP, dried fruits and veggies, dried whole soybeans, sunflower seeds, beef jerky, etc.
For those who employed a similiar strategy for lunch, how much of each of these items did you require each day to satiate your lunchtime and general "during hiking time" hunger? Specifics like "1/4 lb. of jerky + 1/4 lb. of sunflower seeds would tide me over in the span from breakfast to dinner".
Thanks for your input gang.
Re: How much GORP, dried fruits, beef jerky etc. Per Day?
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Originally posted by dionalaniz
I plan to cook a hot breakfast and dinner each day but my plan is to only eat lunches that require no preparation. Things like GORP, dried fruits and veggies, dried whole soybeans, sunflower seeds, beef jerky, etc.
I ate the things you mentioned all day long. Lunch was almost always a bagel with peanut butter and jelly or honey and a hunk of cheese. I never weighed my snack bag; you'll figure out soon enough how much to take when you leave town.
And to echo some of the comments already made, you will rarely hear an ex-thru hiker lament that they wished they had used more mail drops.
Mac and Cheese EVERY night
We met someone in Virginia who was eating mac and cheese every single night. EVERY NIGHT! We kinda gasped at that. Couldn't wrap our brains around it. He said he liked it, that's what he had in his mail drops, so that is what he was eating.
I can't help but think that it was just plain stubborness that was making him eat it every night, and that if he could have just let that go, he would learn a lot about him self.
I wonder if he made it to ME, and if he did, if he was still eating mac and cheese. In some ways, the trail is there to teach you that you don't HAVE to eat mac and cheese every night...
We did give him our camera battery. Actually, he insisted on paying for it. We would have been glad just to give it to him though. Nice guy.
Gravity Man