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Bert R
I need some good suggestions for food for a backpacking and camping trip. Trail mix, Jerky, and half cooked rice or oatmeal just doesn't seem to cut it for me. There has to be something that is fulfilling and hearty.
Answer
There are only two considerations when it comes to food: weight and bulk. Remember, you're carrying everything on your back.
Any outdoor recreation shop carries a line of freeze-dried foods, with almost the diversity as regular a regular market. But freeze-dried tends to be expensive. MREs are available at surplus stores, too.
Don't neglect the supermarket, though. Browse the shelves and there's an incredibly variety of dried, pouched, and lite-weight foods that are less expensive. For instance, tuna now comes in foil pouches. And there is an incredibly choice of dried soups, etc.
For hiking, lightweight, high-energy foods, heavy in carbohydrates are preferred. You can buy energy bars, for instance. Or you can make your own. Here are some possibilities:
There are only two considerations when it comes to food: weight and bulk. Remember, you're carrying everything on your back.
Any outdoor recreation shop carries a line of freeze-dried foods, with almost the diversity as regular a regular market. But freeze-dried tends to be expensive. MREs are available at surplus stores, too.
Don't neglect the supermarket, though. Browse the shelves and there's an incredibly variety of dried, pouched, and lite-weight foods that are less expensive. For instance, tuna now comes in foil pouches. And there is an incredibly choice of dried soups, etc.
For hiking, lightweight, high-energy foods, heavy in carbohydrates are preferred. You can buy energy bars, for instance. Or you can make your own. Here are some possibilities:
How to find areas of "wilderness" to camp?
Brandon S
I am looking for remote areas in NC that I can camp on, I am not looking for campgrounds, I am looking for vast and remote areas for a survival/backpack/camping trip. Also I need to be able to make ground fires and cut trees (if need be, definitely not cutting green trees just to cut/perferably dead trees) and i need to be able to do it legally, I have heard most State parks do not allow you to make fires or cut trees. Example : where does Les Stroud and Bear Grylls find all this amazing land?
Answer
Les and Bear use private property. State and national forests do not allow the cutting of trees or the harm or alteration of natural features and wildlife or campfires without specific permit. You could have a fire with a permit and you could use dead fall wood you find laying on the ground. There are ways to experience the wild lands with out cutting trees or making fire you just bring your own shelter and use a backpackers stove. Fishing and hunting can be done you just need to obey the laws of the land and have the permits required to do so. Wilderness area's are located in national forests and most require a permit to access them, Wild lands are all throughout a national forest and you can camp anywhere with in them it is called "dispersed camping" and again the only permits you will need are a campfire permit and possibly a parking permit.
Les and Bear use private property. State and national forests do not allow the cutting of trees or the harm or alteration of natural features and wildlife or campfires without specific permit. You could have a fire with a permit and you could use dead fall wood you find laying on the ground. There are ways to experience the wild lands with out cutting trees or making fire you just bring your own shelter and use a backpackers stove. Fishing and hunting can be done you just need to obey the laws of the land and have the permits required to do so. Wilderness area's are located in national forests and most require a permit to access them, Wild lands are all throughout a national forest and you can camp anywhere with in them it is called "dispersed camping" and again the only permits you will need are a campfire permit and possibly a parking permit.
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