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[robo hiker]

my buddy told me he found an abunance of morel mushrooms around the trail in so. oregon
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:12:34 -0700> From: allemande6 at yahoo.com> To: pct-l at backcountry.net> Subject: Re: [pct-l] (no subject)> > Steel-Eye, you're just being a pessimist. If one> doesn't have to carry days' worth of food or it's> packaging, the lighter pack weight would mean that a> full-time hiker would only require 4350 calories a> day. This means the hiker would merely have to catch,> clean, cook, and eat 30 trout per day. If it's a> hiker that appreciates sushi, then there is further> weight-reduction and time-savings, putting the total> in the upper 20s. > > 3.5 gallons of huckleberries? I'm so on it.> > markv> > > Good evening,> > > > A 10-inch trout will yield about 4 oz. of meat,> > which will provide 135> > Calories. If a full-time hiker required 4500> > Calories/day it would be> > necessary to catch, clean, cook, and eat 33 fish per> > day -- every day -- all> > while hiking 20 miles. Frankly, I didn't see that> > much good trout water> > anywhere near the trail.> > > > In the Pacific NW there will be trailside> > huckleberries, which provide about> > 80 Calories per cup. The need for 4500 Calories> > would require the hiker to> > pick and eat 3.5 gallons of berries every day. > > Picking that many berries> > would be time-consuming, but the real problem would> > be the time necessary to> > dig and fill about 15 cat-holes every day.> > > > Other than that - good luck,> > > > Steel-Eye> > > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________> Pct-l mailing list> Pct-l at backcountry.net> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
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