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Newman Member
Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 54 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma |
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Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:31 pm
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hey hey! i have been doing some reading lately, and thinking about how i can get my base pack weight down for the summer. i have done most everything i can to go ultralight, and wanted to take it a step further and possibly go cookless. any of you do this? if so, what do you eat? how has it worked? any details are appreciated. i have done this on a few overnighters, eating lots of Goo, and trail mix and such, but for a multi day trek, i have never done it. do you get enough calories? are you eating crap all day? let's hear it! thanks!
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sarbar Living The Dream
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 8055 | TRs | Pics Location: Freeland, Wa |
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Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:36 pm
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Visit my website <ahem> and see that you can eat good and not be a total wanker Hehheh.....
Really, I tried the Super Lightweight Wanker Way and ended up on the last day basically hallicinating for 10 miles about food.
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mtnwkr Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1332 | TRs | Pics Location: Bremerton. I'm the Lorax, I speak for the trees |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:24 am
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the few times i have gone stoveless, i ate summer sausege and cheese. if your out for more than an overnighter, i dont think going cookless will save you any weight. ANY type of premade foods will weigh more than a freeze dried meal. and alcohol stoves can weigh as little as a tenth of an ounce... my whole cook system only weighs 7.5 ounces(without feul) and i'll never leave home without it..again..
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marzsit Dork
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 884 | TRs | Pics Location: kent, wa. |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:50 am
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even the great ray jardine, master of the ultralight phenomenon, cooks on the trail although he likes cooking over fires instead of stoves....
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salish Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 2322 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:49 am
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I sometimes go cookless on an overnighter, just bringing a sandwich for dinner and bagel for breakfast. But I always take some type of stove because I'm addicted to my morning coffee.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Trout sashimi in the morning mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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jenjen Moderatrix
Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 7617 | TRs | Pics Location: Sierra stylin |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:11 am
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Most of the freeze dried dinners will rehydrate without hot water. They just take longer (add water at noon if you want to eat the meal for dinner). I suppose if you got tired of eating landjaegger, cheese, and nuts you could rehydrate a Mountain House entree and eat it cold.
Also consider, if you aren't carrying a stove and you aren't planning on rehydrating food and eating it cold - you're carrying all of the water weight of your food. That's not a big deal on an overnight, but it certainly would be on longer trips.
I read somewhere that the guy who started GoLight usually eats cold. It certainly works for him. Personally, I like my hot meal at night and my coffee in the morning.
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WTCrocker Member
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 211 | TRs | Pics Location: Between the 42nd and 49th parallels. |
Many Native Americans carried pemmican as trail food. basicaly gorp packed in Crisco. I suspect they would have chosen Mountain House if it had been available.
I would rather leave out my sleeping bag and sleep in my coat that do without coffee. (Which I have done before, sometimes on purpose).
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polecatjoe Silent but deadly
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 1725 | TRs | Pics Location: The Forests of Lynnwood |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:42 am
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jenjen wrote: | I suppose if you got tired of eating landjaegger |
Is this possible? Seriously, my friends and I used to take English muffins, cheese and those packages of lunch meat, which was good eating. They weighed much more than freeze-dried, though.
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Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:36 pm
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I don't think I'd last very long without hot food.
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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5091 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:27 pm
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We had another thread like this not too long ago. Can't find it becuase our search engine sucks!
for multiday trekking bring Little Smokies. Damn good. don't need refridgeration even after three days.
cheese can also go several days in the pack.
the only problem is noodles. I like wet noodles in the backcountry. I can't get decent wet noodles without a stove.
other foods-bring bulk apple slices or banana chips. They are usually fine.
I have gone stoveless and it is great. You just have to find really tasty food that lasts long. And that means it usually has sulfides or lotsa sugar on it, or even salt and vinegar.
Sauerkraut will last forever.
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solohiker Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1081 | TRs | Pics Location: issaquah |
Stefan wrote: | We had another thread like this not too long ago. Can't find it becuase our search engine sucks! |
I think you mean stoveless
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17851 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:31 pm
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Cookless? I always bring a cook along, and sometimes a dishwasher.
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Blake Member
Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 326 | TRs | Pics Location: offtrail |
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Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:37 pm
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marylou wrote: | I don't think I'd last very long without hot food. |
A lot of the PCT guys i talked to last summer were stoveless. I'm with you though, i'd have a tough time keeping going day after day without a hot meal or at least a warm drink.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
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