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Rethinking because of Ray Jardine #3: Healthy eating

August 30, 2010 Food
Veggies on the beach

I’ve been rethinking my backpacking routine after reading Ray Jardine’s Trail Life. #3: Healthy eating habits. Jardine and his wife, Jenny, carry whole fruits and vegetables on their trips, and I’m not talking the dried variety here. They bring bags of fresh produce- heavy, non-calorie dense, fruits and veggies. This is not how I eat [...]

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A quick shout out to Gatorade

August 26, 2010 Food
Gatorade + Bread = deliciousness.

Since I’ve been doing a number of evaluations of electrolyte replacement options, I thought I’d give a quick shout out to the all-time classic: Gatorade. Gatorade has been my mainstay since High School when my track coach introduced me to the mix and I began sprinkling the powder on bananas and bread to make sandwhiches. [...]

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Test run of the Vargo Triad stove: A+

August 18, 2010 Gear
Vargo Triad

As I mentioned in a previous post, I haven’t had the most reliable record with homemade alcohol stoves. Actually, I have a terrible record with them and should probably be kept away from flammable materials in general. All of that changed when I met this tiny little stove, the Vargo Triad. It would seem like [...]

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Reconsidering because of Ray Jardine #1: sleeping bags

August 14, 2010 Gear

After reading Trail Life: Ray Jardine’s Lightweight Backpacking, I have started to reconsider some of my gear choices. Because I have a great deal of respect for him, I am taking his recommendations very seriously. First up: Sleeping bags. I currently use the REI Halo 25, and I love it for 3 reasons. 1) The down [...]

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Two of my new favorite breakfast meals

August 8, 2010 Food

For some time, I’ve been using flavored oatmeal packs for breakfast. And, while I do love them, they have a little too much sugar for me. I know, who thought that you could have too much sugar? I like having a hot meal in the morning, so I blended my own simple mix for my [...]

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Erin’s Tarptent Test Run- mixed

July 29, 2010 Erin
Tarptent setup

Okay, so I think we had a bit of a love fest going with our tarptent, but the honeymoon ended fairly quickly for Adelaide. After Adelaide’s first test run, I took the Tarptent out for a two night trip, hoping for the best, but prepared for a challenge. Here’s how it went… Night #1-The Honeymoon [...]

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Electrolyte replacement options: Hammer Gels and Sharkies

July 25, 2010 Food
Hammer Gels

It was very hard to not name this post “Hammer Time” but I am glad for both our sakes that I powered through. Because I’m training for the Triple D with Erin, I’ve been experimenting with a number of electrolyte replacement options. Up today: Sharkies and Hammer Gels. Sharkies Likes: Sharkies win out majorly with [...]

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Initial Tarptent test results- meh

July 23, 2010 Gear
Tarptent

***One quick update: I recently met a bunch of Tarptent owners on the PCT and asked them a bunch of questions. One thing I thought I’d pass along. Cloudspotter said, “When you start using your Tarptent on the PCT, you’re in the desert, and it’s pretty easy. By the time you get to more difficult [...]

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