[pct-l] Nutrition advice from the ancient Greeks

[Rob Flynn]

I can personally attest to the existence of sirens on the trail.  Keep your wits about you men.

InsGadget

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From: Nathan Miller<mailto:erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>
Sent: ‎12/‎30/‎2012 12:01 AM
To: Pct-L at backcountry.net<mailto:Pct-L at backcountry.net>; Nathan Dreon<mailto:ndreon at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Nutrition advice from the ancient Greeks

> "he could fatten his thighs as much as he pleased on whey"
> The Odyssey
> Homer

> When resupply means night swimming under an Athenian blockade, dragging your food behind you in a skin bag and capture is a death sentence, the Spartans chose bruised flaxseed mixed with honey.  This according to Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War.

> You thought your resupply was tough.

> Not sure how this applies to thru hiking.

Easy:
1)  Whey protein should be an important part of your trail diet.
2)  Make plenty of flaxseed-and-honey hardtack for the trail.
3)  It's all there, all that stuff in the Odyssey--maelstroms, syrens, cyclops, all of it--it's all out there on the trail!

-Nate the Trail Zombie
Newberg, OR

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