FOOD FOR THE PCT

I'm not sure if you are interested, but I thought I would share my preparation journey with you. At the moment I am on "food" and thinking about my resupply strategy.

ISSUES:

• My biggest food carry will be 5 days. So that is 4 breakfasts, 4 evening meals, 5 lunches and snacks. That is a lot of food!

• Weight & waste. I need to minimise the weight that I will carry on my back and also minimise the rubbish. There will be no bins until I get to a town, so this is something I need to think about.

• I will be burning around 3500 calories a day, so I need high calorie foods, but also want to eat as healthily as possible.

• Being from the UK, I am not sure about American food. They have this thing called biscuits and gravy which they eat for breakfast (which I want to try). Half of the fun will be eating new things.

IDEAS SO FAR:

• I have purchased some Lakeland soup and sauce-sealed freezer bags which you can add boiling water to. I can decant freeze-dried meals into these (to help with volume in my pack). These can be swilled out and re-used, which will minimise my rubbish / trash.

• I've purchased a thermo pocket (as it will get very cold at night in the desert). I can cook my meals in the Lakeland bags, then pop them in here to rehydrate without them getting cold.

• I've been looking at Huel foods - but I'm not keen on the taste.

• I've been informed that it will be a good idea to make sure that I have vitamins or green food powder to add to my meals, but I have no idea what I'm doing with all that (any advice is welcomed).

• I think I will get fed up of eating porridge every morning, so it would be good to have some different options. Again, ideas are welcomed.Read more