[pct-l] Warm weather hiking food

[Diane Soini]

Egads, I feel sorry for you. This is not the time of year to be back  
there.

I seem not to have the problem of losing my appetite. I suppose what  
I would bring would be dehydrated vegetables, sweet potatoes and  
dehydrated cooked meat (chicken or pork) all mixed together and just  
rehydrate it during the day in my jar. Rehydrate a few hours before  
meal time. Skip the bars and not bother cooking anything. And some  
salty snacks to help combat the hyponatremia.

If I knew there would be a cold spring on my route, I would perhaps  
bring a package of instant pudding and some dried milk and make some  
pudding at the spring.

As for Southern California in general, especially this year, I would  
not go backpacking out there until after the first rain of the  
season. This means probably Thanksgiving weekend will be the next  
time to go backpacking out there.

On Jul 16, 2013, at 12:52 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Terry <tsparks56 at aol.com>
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> I just returned from a 3 day, roughly 60 mile hike in the Santa  
> Barbara back country with the temps 90+ the first day and 100+ the  
> next two days.  The problems I had were what I'm going to call  
> "managed" dehydration, which I could deal with, as a just retired  
> 34 year fire fighter here in So. Cal. I am very aware of the signs  
> and symptoms of acute heat sickness.  The problem I had was  
> eating.  In the three day of hiking, I lost 7 pounds and the food I  
> had for my mid day meals and calorie boosts were not just awful, I  
> had no desire to eat if it didn't have some liquid in it.  I  
> learned on the trip that Cliff Bars suck and, I know that will get  
> a few laughs from most of you but, I would like some direction that  
> will allow me a safer and nicer hike in hot weather