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Yogurt Leather and Scroggin

Frank and Sue Wall authors of the very popular Australian Our Hiking Blog, together with Deb Hadkins, have just published a great new backpacking food guide and cookbook called Food To Go that’s chock full of backpacking recipes, meal planning tips, and do it yourself (DIY) food provisioning advice for your next hiking and bushwalking [...]

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Advanced Freezer Bag Cooking for Non-Foodies

In a few weeks I'll be taking one of the longest backpacking trips I've ever been on, a 9 day, 130 mile trek through the 100 mile wilderness and Baxter State Park to Mt Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. There isn't any real way to resupply along the way, so [...]

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3 Day Backpacking Menu

There are times on backpacking trips when I simply cannot eat enough food in a day to keep up with my body’s caloric demands. This is a big issue for me on days where I want to hike more than 15 miles and there are a few mountains in the way. When planning the contents [...]

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Adding Variety to your Backpacking Menu

The food on my last 3-day section hike was so boring I thought I’d gag on the last day of my trip. I was lazy and brought along the same food for several days. So this week, I’ve worked out 4-day freezer bag backpacking menu for my next hike that has an enormous amount of [...]

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Backpacking Without a Stove: Sample Menu

Just before I left on my last trip, one of my readers, WildBBQBill, asked me to post a sample food list that can be eaten without bringing along a stove. I've listed the meal plan for my last trip. This plan was designed to cover 2 full days and 2 half days, but can be [...]

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