Quote:

---

alexah said:
I am extremely jealous. Cous cous is great- protein and complex carbs. Better than pasta etc. If you do go for pasta and rice i'd recommend wholemeal for slower release of energy.
Sugar probably isn't something to worry about too much.
Well, what I mean is carbs are sugars really, just more complex, so they'll last longer. Sugar in it's simple form is good for quick bursts of energy (so maybe dried fruit in the mornings) but you're going to want things that will see you through.
Dried meat is pretty good to chew on.
Tinned fish is good- easy to prepare, nutritious- if you can take the weight.
Nuts are excellent.

---

Quote:

---

rackem said:
how bout some trail mix, if you have a dehydrator you can dehydrate your own meats for beef jerky, bannanas, strawberries apples, etc. (cut down cost of buying all that pre-packaged bullshit)

you can also bring along some brown sugar for oatmeal to take up for it as well  or get the pre-mixed stuff.

---

Quote:

---

Absent Minded said:
No food suggestions because truthfully I don't know much about that, just figured I'd pop in and say I am fucking JEALOUS, should be a KICK ass time.
Enjoy it man, wish I could do the same.

---

Quote:

---

realfuzzhead said:
I just got invited by my friend to do the whole high Sierra trail, from Crescent meadow in the Great Groves of Sequioas, 86 miles across the Great Western divide and Kern River Valley, and then to finish it all off we bag Mt. Whitney on the last day

11 days total, 7 hiking days, 4 layover days to just sit around and smoke weed while camping on some of the most gorgeous high mountain lakes in the States..

best part.. my friends mom is semi-loaded and is paying for all the food and she is dropping us off on the west side of the Sierra's and picking us up on the east side 11 days later.  I'm talking 200-300$ in food and propane for an 11 day trip, all paid for.

Each one of us are going to have to carry our own 20 pounds of food for the week.

I need some suggestions of food. I'm ditching all the predried backpackers meals, they take up too much volume and are really expensive.

I was thinking make 3 or 4 different combinations of rice, dehydrated beans, spices etc. Then we would each bring 12-15 dehydrated eggs for protein. We would also bring dehydrated milk. Everyone would also have a few pound of GORP and granola. The hard part is sweets. how do we make sure we have sweets and enough sugar 10 days after we leave?? It's hard to imagine carrying all that food on our backs.

some pics of the route...











:awedrool:

---

Quote:

---

RedSnapper said:
My favorite power meal for the back-country consists of :
Amy's mac n cheese
Beef jerky
egg to reconstitute the cheese powder
dry wakeme or favorite seaweed for portable greens.

Hits all the good food groups & tastes way better than it sounds in combination.

Instant oatmeal keeps stove time down.

Sundrops or m&m's keep your chocolate from melting. Almonds are denser than other nuts for compact energy.

Just some of my stapels, they haven't let me down in all my miles..

---

Quote:

---

man you get to go everywhere.

i'm jelly

---

\

ahh yeah this really just came up out of no where, I feel amazingly lucky to be able to go on this. We got our permit reservations in and the ranger said we were the first requests for permits he has for that trail during that time, which is extremely unusual considering it is one of the most popular trail in one of the most popular national parks. Anyways it looks like we don't have to worry about sharing the hotsprings and swimming wholes with boyscout troops

Quote:

---

ToTheSummit said:
In 1995 this is the exact route I hiked!!  It was my first time over Mt. Whitney then also.  We had a friend drive us over and drop us off and then our wives picked us up in Lone Pine a week later.  Only had a week off work so we hiked every day and did the trip in 7 days.  We actually spent our last night on the summit of Mt. Whitney.  It was an awesome trip!  Hiking in the High Sierras is always epic.  I am jealous of you for sure.  You're gonna have an awesome time!

Here is me and my buddy on the summit of Whitney.  This trip was in 1998.

---

Quote:

---

realfuzzhead said:
how do you get a raft all the way up into the wilderness? Are you taking about lower kern river valley? Anyways i'll keep that in mind

---

The wilderness forks of the kern stretch we carry everything in and/or hire some pack mules to carry the rafts and coolers. Since the water is low this year due to the poor snowpack we'll be rafting mostly the lower kern below lake isabella where we do our two day trips. the brewery up here is amazing. definitely me if you have time to spare and you want to meet up.