As long as I can remember, sound backpacking advice says, "2 pounds of food per person per day."
I always thought that the 2 pounds would be the cooked weight meaning that dehydrated and freeze dried foods didn't have to equal 2 pounds.
Then I read on the Internet that folks are carrying as much as 10 pounds of food for 4 days. Last summer I packed a food bag with what I thought was a week's worth of food (dehydrated, freeze dried, ready to eat, candy, etc.) and bag and all weighed 6.5 pounds. I ended up back at the car after 4 days and had a lot of food left over.
Am I ok? Just curious. Thanks for your help.
Wayne
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I always thought that the 2 pounds would be the cooked weight meaning that dehydrated and freeze dried foods didn't have to equal 2 pounds.
Then I read on the Internet that folks are carrying as much as 10 pounds of food for 4 days. Last summer I packed a food bag with what I thought was a week's worth of food (dehydrated, freeze dried, ready to eat, candy, etc.) and bag and all weighed 6.5 pounds. I ended up back at the car after 4 days and had a lot of food left over.
Am I ok? Just curious. Thanks for your help.
Wayne
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