Help designing a backpacking class
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RogueJeepr
Here!
- Location
- Utah
Oh man, Levis. Can you say chaffing .
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Eric
- Location
- Stansbury Park, UT
You have kindof touched on it, but a starting point for the number of calories required. I can get by on 2.5-3k/day hiking, but my son easily needs 4.5k/day. We get to a pass and pull out an energy bar and he is cooking up mashed potatoes! I've never heard of a good way to judge a starting point. With my scout groups, us leaders just carry extra and it is never a problem getting rid of it halfway through the hike!
Lots of chaffing and super heavy. I wouldn't consider taking 1 pair of Levis on a backpacking trip, let alone 2 extra pair.
Awesome talking point. I will need to look into this a little more.
We start teenage boys with about 3500-5000 per day. They all carry their own food though. A few extra calories are easy to pack in by adding the right foods. Macadamia nuts can be 200ish calories per ounce and olive oil can be 240ish calories per ounce. A handful of macadamia nuts in the morning cereal and in the trail mix helps a ton. A squirt of olive oil in the ramen noodles or mountain house meal for dinner makes quite a difference.
Often you can gauge a boys calorie needs based on his pre-hike body composition. Boys that are skinny will need more calories.
DaveB
Long Jeep Fan
- Location
- Holladay, Utah
I have spent many a night with scouts backpacking and here are a few tips I have learned over the years:
No Levis just light nylon pants which dry out fast.
Take food out of the packages they come in and put it in ziplock bags and only take what you need. I like to put a days worth into a bigger bag and label it.
Take a light nylon stuff bag that you can put your food in and a rope to tie it up in a tree.
Never have food in the tent.
Double sock with a thin slippery sock first, thicker one second.
Break in the boots before you go.
Trekking poles help a bunch as mentioned before.
With scouts .... don't wash your plates (or pee) in the lake or where you get your water.
Don't put your tent in a wash or low spot.
On the first night I like to eat a hearty meal to regain energy. I usually make a nice tin foil dinner which I cook at home first then freeze. I seal it in a ziplock and stuff it into my sleeping bag. It usually thaws out about the time you get to camp and all you need to do is warm it up.
I like to use a light weight reflector oven to make rolls and cook fish in.
Breakfast are usually instant oatmeal, simple and easy to clean up.
For lunch I like to take some sealed tuna salad pouches and some bread and make an easy sandwich.
Lots more but running out of time....
No Levis just light nylon pants which dry out fast.
Take food out of the packages they come in and put it in ziplock bags and only take what you need. I like to put a days worth into a bigger bag and label it.
Take a light nylon stuff bag that you can put your food in and a rope to tie it up in a tree.
Never have food in the tent.
Double sock with a thin slippery sock first, thicker one second.
Break in the boots before you go.
Trekking poles help a bunch as mentioned before.
With scouts .... don't wash your plates (or pee) in the lake or where you get your water.
Don't put your tent in a wash or low spot.
On the first night I like to eat a hearty meal to regain energy. I usually make a nice tin foil dinner which I cook at home first then freeze. I seal it in a ziplock and stuff it into my sleeping bag. It usually thaws out about the time you get to camp and all you need to do is warm it up.
I like to use a light weight reflector oven to make rolls and cook fish in.
Breakfast are usually instant oatmeal, simple and easy to clean up.
For lunch I like to take some sealed tuna salad pouches and some bread and make an easy sandwich.
Lots more but running out of time....