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Cool subject. It concerns me of course due to how much decent food (calories and protein) a backpacker can carry long term.
Google up "Ranger School" and you'll find an interesting article on Wikipedia with this wonderful quote---
Physical effects
Following the completion of Ranger School, a student will usually find himself "in the worst shape of his life".
Military folk wisdom has it that Ranger School's physical toll is like years of natural aging; high levels of fight or flight stress hormones . . . . , along with standard sleep deprivation and continual physical strain, inhibit full physical and mental recovery throughout the course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_School
This is was certainly true for me. I could not have passed the Ranger PT test if they gave it prior to graduation. RLTW