[at-l] How much does food weigh?

[garyticknor at starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

I use 2 pounds a day for planning. That assumes weight conscious food - 
dried, freeze dried, dehydrated, whatever, and heavy on fats for 
calories. Lots of peanut butter and snickers with the ramen noodles. And 
it assumes larding up at AYCE's in trail towns.

- Greenbriar

South Walker wrote:

> Does anybody have a good handle on how much the food a thru-hiker carries
> weighs?
> 
> I am attempting to arrive at what the weight is of one days worth of food,
> including snacks.
> 
> I recently quoted the answer as 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Although I am not sure I
> think that answer came from a discussion on the list and was a derived
> number based on calories burned on average and the amount of food it would
> take to meet the demand.
> 
> Does anyone remember this discussion?
> 
> and more to the point,
> 
> Does anyone know how much one days worth of food would weigh?
> 
> 
> South Walker southwalker@barefootfarm.com
> ME-GA 1999
> In hiking there is no special recognition given for speed, style,
> or finesse. There are only those who do the hike and those who don't.
> 
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