[pct-l] food strategy,

[Paul Robison]

i'm much less experienced than steel-eye  (most of us are, i've no shame in it)

but when i started in 2010 i had majorly suppressed appetite, i had to force 
food down the first week.

our bags will be 2,000 calories per person per day the first week and ramp up to 
3200 by Kennedy meadows,  where it varies wildly based on what fits in the bear 
can; and our resupply locations aren't planned that far in the future.

biggest thing, regardless of how much you can eat for dinner is, a constant 
intake, ie. 100 calories an hour all day long.   remembering that carbohydrates 
give you energy and that fats consume oxygen and create heat in the digestive 
process,  so eating a glob of peanut butter for breakfast will make you winded 
faster,  and eating blueberries for dinner will not keep you warm at night.
when you eat,  or,  'what you eat when' is vitally important, but is easy to 
decide on trail, not really part of the planning process.
~Paul




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From: Halfmile <list at lon.net>
To: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 5:37:57 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] food strategy,

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:05 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
> When I report in from the trail I only need to tell her:
> 1) How many Calories per day I want.....

Steel-Eye,
I'm interested knowing more about the calorie per day variable in your
resupply planning. Does it change much after the first few weeks few
weeks on the trail? Does it max out at some point?
-Halfmile
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