Posted by JAK on 8/20/2004, 11:49 am, in reply to "Re: ULTRA LITE" For food I go use: For 5 full days this works out to I use 70%Carbs/20%Fat/10%Protien at about 1500cal/pound packed. Then I throw in an extra 500g or 1000g tub of peanut butter for the reserve. In summer I count on 1500 cal from body fat plus berries along the way and try and stay out of the peanut butter. In winter only the first 2 pounds are 70/20/10 for 3000cal and the last pound is stuff like peanut butter and chocolate at about 50/50 Fat/Carbs and about 3000cal/pound. Winter reserve is 2 full days rations, plus a route that involves options for bailing out. If I ever get back down to 165 pounds I will switch from 70/20/10 to 50/40/10 and carry the full 2 pounds in summer, maybe 3 if I can burn more calories by then. I'm currently 200# at 6 feet. Last summer I was done as low as 180#. Arghh. Must get hiking. I'm going to try a 4 day this weekend. Here is my wacky meak plan for Day 2&3 Let you know if I stay out of the peanut butter.
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I agree that foods is most of the weight for anything 5 days or more, which is most fun.
1 pound/day Summer and starve a little
2 pounds/day Spring/Fall
3 pounds/day Winter
plus an extra 1 or 2 days reserve.
6 pounds Summer + as little as 6 pounds stuff
12 pounds Fall + about 12 pounds stuff
21 pound Winter + about 21 pounds stuff
Day 1 - 80km bike eating enroute
Day 2 - 40km hike on 1 pound of food
Day 3 - 40km hike on 1 pound of food
Day 4 - 80km bike eating enroute
Cups KCal Pounds
Oatmeal 4.0 624 0.35
Skim Milk 3.5 1526 0.93
Raisins 2.0 870 0.64
Flax Powder 0.5 280 0.16
10.0 3300 2.07
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