[pct-l] Food Supplies for 6 day Hike

[Marcia]

Have you divided food into daily amounts? We put food for two hikers for a 
day in a gallon baggie so we just pull out one bag a day and carry it high 
in the pack. We eat: breakfast, mid-morning bar/snack, cheese/bread type, 
fruit gatorade for lunch, bar/snack, Snickers and gatorade at 4pm and dinner 
of a Mac&cheese plus tuna and hot choc.

We usually skip a bar or snack early on in hiking because we haven't 
developed hiker hunger yet. Our fruit or gorp always lasts longer than we 
expect.

I don't like to carry food into town either!
Marcia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda Gardynik" <aggardynik at gmail.com>
To: "PCT MailingList" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:19 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Food Supplies for 6 day Hike


Hi all,

We are planning on doing an 85 mile hike.   Are gonna try to do it in
6 days.  I am preparing for 7 to 8 just in case we get lost or take a
day to see some other stuff.  And have a question about how much food
to bring.  I am afraid we are bringing to my much.  I weighed
everything out and right now it sits at about 19lbs of dry food.  I am
bringing some soup mixes, rice, freeze dried vegetables, tuna in the
aluminum packs, chicken brest aluminum packaged, trail mix, freeze
driend fruits(Staw, ban, rasp, peach) ramen, cliff bars, cuscus, mac
and cheese, a summer sausage, tortillas, cheese, beef jerky,
crackers... total about 19lbs.  I feel like we are over prepared.  I
feel like I don't eat this well in a week at home.  This is our first
big (bigger) hike and don't want to be underprepared but feel like I
am way over prepared.

Seems like I will need a really heavy duty bear bag.

Anyways, what do over people bring on week long trips.  Does this seem
like too much??  I am 5'11 180lbs she is 5'4 110lbs.

Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
--Edan
(writing from Amanda email obviously)
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