Hi all
I've noted here and there the question of how much dry weight tucker you need to carry. Anything like 750 grams or more per day I regard as a lot - but perhaps I've been cutting things a bit fine? - always trying to keep pack weight down. I usually do lose quite a few kilos each trip.I've probably believed that shedding a couple of kilos in the process was a good thing, a desired thing. Perhaps good luck - I haven't been stranded or worse - is all that has prevented me seeing the inadequacy of my rations?
I haven't actually weighed the amount of food exactly but it wouldn't amount to more than 4 kilos for a week I imagine. I use that freeze dried stuff - that and museli are the mainstays - at a guess 150 grams each per day. 250 grams or more of freeze dried food would be a lot more than I'd normally eat.
In future I think I will take more tucker. Till now I've always assumed everyone lost weight that it was just part of the experience. I've always managed the intake of food fairly carefully - waiting till I've crossed that stream which might hold me up before I allow myself that extra snack and so on - I've always been a bit disciplined about how much I eat - especially in the first half of the walk.
Darryl