Food

Unless your route takes you through settled areas, the length of a trek is limited to the amount of food you can carry. This is further influenced by the amount of food you think that you need.

My typical daily trail diet is as follows:

Upon waking: tea or coffee, or one 'Tang single' (= 70 calories) in 500ml water.

Mid-morning, after a couple of hours on the trail: 1 portion 'Turbo Oatmeal'.

I like this because it releases the water and carbs slowly - so I don't get a sugar high followed by a low, and I'm not constantly stopping to step behind a bush!

(This is my usual breakfast before the daily 10km of my day job - it keeps me going for the full 10k with sufficient energy, no appetite and no need for a washroom break.)

Bring 2 cups of water with a pinch of salt to the boil. turn off heat.

Add:
1 cup 'Porridge oats'
1/2 cup mixed roasted/salted pumpkin and sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins or freeze-dried blueberries.
tsp powdered cinamon, dollop of honey to taste.

let it sit, stir it occasionally until the oats absorb the water , scoff it down.

mid-afternoon snack of an apple or orange and a litre or two of water.

Dinner at last light is when I indulge myself with a tin of beer and a boil-in-the-bag curry and rice. i also drink all the water I can hold (providing I've found a source of water).

Given this menu plan, a 7-day-week's worth of food weighs 6 pounds and takes up very little room in my pack.