Probably the single greatest invention for reducing backpacking weight and reducing the cost of packable food, the instant noodle or commonly known as 'ramon noodles'. The inventor of which has just passed away:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/...ge/obit_ando_2
I think we should all have a moment of silence for this Japaneese inventor.....
MYST
"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do,
than by the ones you did do...
Sail away from safe harbour.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover."
- Mark Twain