[pct-l] Re: Bear Killed in Section D

[ilja at cs.caltech.edu (Ilja Friedel)]

Hi Jim,

> I've read Tom's instructions for getting ten days food in a canister. The
> food he lists isn't food I want to eat for ten days. So far, the best I've
> been able to do is get six days food in a Bearikade Weekender.

I'm back from a ten day trip with my dad on the southern part of the JMT.
We packed 2500 calories per person and day and still had some food left.
(Expected 12 days.) Here is what we packed:

 4.5kg couscous
 1.5kg cashews and pecanuts
 0.5kg raisins etc.
 0.9kg dried apple rings
 1.2kg instant pudding (shake with water for a thick drink)
 0.5l  olive oil
 1.4kg potatoe soup
 0.5kg string cheese
 1.0kg granola bars
 0.3kg bread mix (for one bread)
 0.4kg mousse au chocolat (the only designated backpacker food)
 0.6kg spices, salt, buillon cubes, rehydration mix
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13.3kg

We supplemented with trout and mushrooms. THe bear cans weight (full) was
18 and 16 pounds. We also carried food for the first day outside of the
cans. The trick is to repackage everything in loose bags (I don't like
ziplock bags anymore. Just use the 1 gallon bread bags and close with
ties.)

At the end of the trip we where sick of the couscous. But I kept enough of
the yummy stuff (bread mix, mousse, apple rings) for the Whitney ascent.
Here some images:
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~ilja/img/HighSierra2003/
I've lost 8-9 pounds during the trip, my dad didn't lose any weight.


Ilja.