[pct-l] food weight

[Ate Tuna]

There was this one night I thought a mountain lion was skulking around my
campsite all night, but now I wonder...  Maybe the black color of my bivy
provided a slimming visual effect that saved my life?

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:12 PM, <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Melanie wrote: Fat calories are the easiest to carry as your body derives
> more energy per weight.
> That is why your body stores extra energy as fat in your body.  It is the
> easiest to carry around.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Malnourished Unsupported Reinhold writes: Yes Melanie, Switchback has this
> down to a science.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Switchback replies: Has anyone ever wondered how JMT Unsupported
> accomplished all those records.  How does he do it with such a scrawny body
> and super light pack?  Now connect the dots.  When folks go missing out on
> the trail, they are usually well fed hikers.  I say there should be an
> investigation on the timing of Unsupported's records and missing hikers.  I
> for one am going to be extra alert this season on the PCT.
>
> If you ever see Unsupported wondering around the April Kickoff, he always
> looks like he is looking for something.  You never see him in line for a
> meal.  He is always scoping out the hikers, the hefty kind.   I say when
> Unsupported is around we hikers should get into a circle facing outward like
> Cape Buffalo when predators are around.  Just a suggestion.
>
>
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