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[pct-l] Callories



When I hiked the JMT a few years ago I carried almost all freeze-dried
foods.  Here's a breakdown by meal for 30 days (dry weight):

Dinners avg wt  7.66 oz
Lunces          4.65
Breakfasts      4.32

Total          16.79 oz per day.

I also had 64 oz of alcohol and 7 oz of green olives.

Overall 19.23 oz per day for food and liquor.

I have no idea what the caloric value of this is.  I can report that the
amounts were based on previous experience with 14-day trips.

I weigh in around 230 pounds.. lost 20 pounds in the course of the trip (4
weeks) ans was never unuusually hungry.  I doubt if this diet could have
sustained me more than another couple of weeks.. for one thing it had
practically no fresh fruits or vegetables.  I did take a vitamin C
supplement, but on later reflection it was probably not necessary.

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