Outdoor Survival Kit
Being alive is an essential part of the eating experience. So it's important to survive outdoor experiences that our associates, loved ones or our own curiosity takes us to.
Peter P has already suggested lugging a satellite phone (with extra charged batteries) into the wilds. What else would you recommend?
posted by astrid @ 7:52 PM
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For me, I almost always do 2+ mile hikes with at least 2 quarts of water, dried fruits/granola bars and ankle support boots. I always hike new trails with my boyfriend or someone else with a reasonably good sense of directions. My wilderness direction sense is decent (significantly better than my road/parking lot navigation), but it's good to have another person to check.
We always try to check the weather forecast and talk to a local person before heading out.
I'm reading Desert Solitaire right now, which goes really well with the latest Deathcab for Cutie album. The author was quite obsessed with deaths in the Moab area.
Peter P has already suggested lugging a satellite phone (with extra charged batteries) into the wilds. What else would you recommend?
If you are really worried, you can also rent/buy a solar panel. They have those rolled-up panels designed for satellite phones. :)
My favorite hiking place: Stanford campus. Food and water will always be within 1 mile.
I hate walking on dirt anyway. :)
What would you eat when you hike/camp?
Would you bring along freeze-dried meals from Mountain House or AlpineAire?
I can't tolerate freeze dried meals from REI and I haven't tried more fancy stuff. Have you tried any? Are they good?
It's usually just beef jerky, dried sour cherries, a good semi-sweet or milk chocolate bar, dried unsweetened pineapples and granola bars. Just enough sugar to pick me up in case I feel hypoglycemic.
One reason I'm not a fan of overnight hikes (other than lugging huge packs around) is that it's hard to have a decent meal at the end of the day. When I'm hiking, I really like to have at least one big meal a day - preferably a large burger or steak.
When I holiday in the Chinese hinterlands, I usually bring some tuna canned in oil along. The protein deficiency really hits me about a week into traveling. Soy based snacks are also good for fighting the low protein, rice/ramen noodle based diet.
It's usually just beef jerky, dried sour cherries, a good semi-sweet or milk chocolate bar, dried unsweetened pineapples and granola bars.
I bought some freeze-dried Chicken Gumbo. I will let you know how it tastes.
Sounds interesting.
I'm planning to make my own turducken for Xmas.
I'm planning to make my own turducken for Xmas.
Why not crab-in-shrimp-in-lobster instead?
That would have to be a huge shrimp or a tiny lobster. Also, it sort of defeats the purpose of turduckenism, which is to bast the meat of the turkey with rich duck juice. Maybe a lobster stuffed with bacon, I could get behind that.
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