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- October 16, 2009
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When you are carrying everything you need for 20 days on your back you quickly realise that the majority of that weight will be food. In fact of the 26Kg I started with, almost 15 were food. So how do you get the most calories per gram while still getting a varied enough diet?
My 744grams of daily energy intake is divided up as follows:
* 180grams of homemade granola giving me 800 calories and good slow-release carbohydrates
* 200 grams of evening freeze-dried expedition food gives me a further 800 calories
* 75 grams of lukozade powder gives me 290 calories and replaces my electrolytes
* 250 grams of mixed lunch will give me a further 1,000 calories
the balance is made up of coffee and sugar and the odd miso soup to warm me up.
Every morning and evening we will be able to heat water and eat a warm meal… out of the bag but still a luxurious indulgence. During the day we will feed from our daily pouches. I have taken a page from the Foretrekkers and have added biltong and rusks to my daily pouches.
When the Foretrekkers headed inland from the safety of the coast and colonial outposts, they did not know what they would find or how long it would be before they would be able to replenish their moving larders. There was no possibility of refrigeration so the only way to preserve was to remove all the moisture from provisions so that it would not mould.
Meet was salted and spiced and then air dried. The only difference to the way they had done it previously in their European setting was that they now had to use the game available to them. The biltong I am taking is springbok and Kudu and will give me loads of protein that will help my muscles as strong as possible.
Rusks are thick slices of flat cake made of nuts and whole wheat that is then baked again in the oven to dry it out completely. They pack a punch of calories and give you something satisfying to crunch on.
My 744grams of daily energy intake is divided up as follows:
* 180grams of homemade granola giving me 800 calories and good slow-release carbohydrates
* 200 grams of evening freeze-dried expedition food gives me a further 800 calories
* 75 grams of lukozade powder gives me 290 calories and replaces my electrolytes
* 250 grams of mixed lunch will give me a further 1,000 calories
the balance is made up of coffee and sugar and the odd miso soup to warm me up.
Every morning and evening we will be able to heat water and eat a warm meal… out of the bag but still a luxurious indulgence. During the day we will feed from our daily pouches. I have taken a page from the Foretrekkers and have added biltong and rusks to my daily pouches.
When the Foretrekkers headed inland from the safety of the coast and colonial outposts, they did not know what they would find or how long it would be before they would be able to replenish their moving larders. There was no possibility of refrigeration so the only way to preserve was to remove all the moisture from provisions so that it would not mould.
Meet was salted and spiced and then air dried. The only difference to the way they had done it previously in their European setting was that they now had to use the game available to them. The biltong I am taking is springbok and Kudu and will give me loads of protein that will help my muscles as strong as possible.
Rusks are thick slices of flat cake made of nuts and whole wheat that is then baked again in the oven to dry it out completely. They pack a punch of calories and give you something satisfying to crunch on.