In all our research one of the biggest gaps of information we found on thru hikers was “What do these people eat?”. Everyone talks about the intricacies of the trail, where they slept, how rocky Pennsylvania is and occasionally what crazy amount of food they ordered at a restaurant in town, but there is little information on the day to day. If you are walking/running 20-30 miles a day up and down mountains with a backpack on you need some serious calories. My usual granola bar and a fruit leather isn’t going to cut it. So Emily and I have been experimenting and have had to play a lot with foods that we have already eaten too much previously as guides (oatmeal for Emily, dehydrated pasta sauce for me). Here is what we have come up with so far and what we are going to try to make work for us:
Breakfast:
Cream of rice/wheat
Pop tarts
Shredded wheat, Cracklin’ Oat Bran
DRIED FRUIT
Granola bars
Lunch (on the go): Continue reading
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