Thru Hike Food - 3 Day Backpacking Resupply
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2021
- I've seen people eat nothing but candy and honey buns for months on trail, and I've seen people eat a totally raw vegan diet while thru hiking. Everybody is different when it comes to diets, allergies, foods we like, and foods we don't. This is what I do, and not much has changed in my 10,000 miles of thru hiking experience!
I still prefer to look for foods that are calorically dense, very lightweight or ultralight, foods I can eat while walking, and foods that offer some sort of nutritional value. My meals are more based off legendary hikers like swami(thehikinglife), Scott Williamson, Tatu joe, Ray Jardine... My style is my own, but an evolution from theirs. I know some other hikers out there like me will jive with this type of thing! Simplicity, efficiency, speed, and ultralight food when doing a multi month long hiking trip.
Something you'll see immediately, I prefer to send myself at least a few resupply boxes as it helps me achieve one goal (at least.) I'm not going to hitch hike once on this thru hike and with boxes I am able to send them to places that otherwise there isn't a store to buy from. Think visitor centers on trail, resorts, or bed and breakfasts. This way I can stay on trail more, avoid towns, and avoid the vortex of towns.
Resupply boxes also help me to be more efficient, as I don't need to go into towns, I don't need to spend time in grocery stores, I don't need to think about what I need or track anything down. My box has it all, everything has been considered already, and I can pick it up and go.
That said, I DO NOT recommend others use a ton of resupply boxes unless you have to.
So in this video I show you what I am eating for a 3 day stretch of the Arizona Trail! This is stuff I know I like, I have used before, and all around I enjoy day after day.
I am starting off this hike with about 3,000 calories per day, and as the hike goes on I slowly add more and eat more. About 4 weeks in I'll be consuming roughly 5,000 calories per day for instance. I know at the beginning of a trip I just don't have the appetite to consume any more than this, and towards the end of a hike I will be making more miles, and burning more calories and fat.
These are foods I have eaten on the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Florida Trail, Pacific Northwest Trail, Sheltowee Trace Trail, and many more!
Bobo's Bar (360cal) - amzn.to/3dgmaKf
ProBar (350cal) - amzn.to/2QuqEoB
Beans (112cal p/oz) - amzn.to/3lJpaCs
Rice (103cal p/oz) - amzn.to/3lNmkfY
Luna Bar (200cal) - amzn.to/31iiNfT
Kind Bar (200cal) - amzn.to/3w4446K
Cliff Bar (250cal) - amzn.to/3vQj6ga
Snickers (440cal) - amzn.to/3flH9xV
Add chips, nuts, jerky, and anything else your heart desires for extra calories. If you want a more nutritional hiking meal try adding green powder to your bean dinner! I used to do that and it worked great.
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You dump out the food very neatly 😎
I liked that cut too :)
i see your beans have gotten fancier lol, awesome video!
One of the things I find most interesting about backpacking is how much you can tell about a person from their gear and what they carry. It's a real litmus test for what someone values and needs to be comfortable. Personally I go hard on coffee if nothing else at least I know I have a good cup of coffee to look forward to in the morning.
Hot coffee is also a deal maker for me.
@@markmckenzie2040 I ran into an old roughneck once. Drank any coffee left in the coffee maker from the day before. Cold.
Coffee is number one supply. No coffee, no go.
Food for me is the hardest thing to figure out. I am always looking for new thoughts and ideas. The Bobo bars I have never heard of, so I will research them and give them a try. Also, I love the notes on and in the box. As always I love the videos! Happy Hiking!
Thank you for sharing your passion
I really like your style. Thanks for sharing! This is very helpful and also similar to what I had in mind while prepping for my first thru hike this year
I love these types of videos, thanks for posting Jupiter!
This video and your cold-soak videos are so clear, detailed, and helpful. Thanks!!!
beautiful winter nature I love snow and thanks for sharing
Jupiter is the perfect ambassador for hiking(or anything else).
Ambassador, wiv zis resupply box you are reely spoiling uz!
Jupiter’s dope.
Excellent video - very helpful to get a better sense of how to simplify things. Thanks!
Super excited for the trip videos, and thanks for showing us how you do things regarding food! Stay safe!
Love the simplicity!
...great info - thank you for sharing, Jupiter-
Thanks for another great video and for always generously sharing your hard earned experience and paying forward some golden, practical tips.
Good luck on the trail and stay warm!
Good luck may the weather be balmy and the trail smooth!
The data notes on the box is smart. I dig it. The notes of encouragement is a great touch. Good stuff my guy. Cheers.
You r magical making the food fall out of the box in perfect order!
“Wake up earlier” that note is always valid!! Have a great trip.
Thanks for reminding me that simple is good. I've tried having a lot of daily variety, but got so burned out on the planning. Have a fantastic trip.
Love your food choices in this video ❤
I appreciate when you explained what was included in the food packages, for those of us who are not familiar with your brands.
editing post. thanks for speaking of the hourly chime on the casio! I didn't know mine did that, but now I do :-) & thanks for another grate video
I like how you set the boxes to the places that have hard resupply yet you left yourself open to resupply in town also. Your plan is structured and also fexible. Lana Bars thats a bar I havent had.. Glade your stating what the water is Like...
Very useful vid with some great options to consider. Thanks.
Tks for sharing this. Slowly but steadily increasing my detachment from the stove. 100% of breakfast and lunch. 50% of diner. Maybe this is as far as it'll get...
Learning a lot from your channel
Have a great hike Jupiter my man
Cheers
The Mex bean soup is my favorite meal on trail! I add some instant cheese powder and usually save a beef stick to throw in there as well. So darn good.
Good luck on the AZT
Nice to see you in Az can't wait to see your trip video's 😀
I've gone with 6 bars a day as well .. I got energy burnout by not eating enough through the day .. so now its a bar every 1.5 hours and then Camp with HOT dinner.
Thank you for your videos! I like to learn from them .. and I like the way you come across with so much honesty and a down-2-earth nature
Great video! Looking forward to the full review on the Torrid hoodie!
Where did you learn to dump your food box out like that? Perfectly lined up. The note is a cool addition I hadn’t seen before. Nice! 👍🏼👍🏼
I love your videos. I’m not interested in going as light as you do. But your advice has definitely taught me to lighten up (lol....literally and figuratively)! I’m going down to Arizona in two weeks and taking a class but while I’m down there I’m hiking the Barnhart and Ybar loop. And my pack is the lightest I’ve ever had it. 15 lb base weight with about 3 lbs of food. One thing I don’t skimp on is water. I’m taking 3 liters. Once again thank you for the videos and have a wonderful hike.
So good! Such great info.
Love your video , and i enjoy backpacking especially when i travel from state to state, i dont carry much but i do carry granola cereals and granola bars, beef jerkys, peanut butter, and water. if i want snacks or something else to drink i will just buy it from the store or supermarket . these foods keep me satisfied til i get to my destination. sometimes i will go on a fast til morning.❤❤
Cant wait to see you vids bud!
Another great video 🏞️thanks for sharing 🌏 hope you're well 👌✌️
Bobo's bars for breakfast on trail are my favorite! 😁
Definitely my favorite breakfast when on the trail!
Like the inspiring notes 👍
You’re just like me. I could eat the same exact thing everyday for months on end and never get tired of it.
Very helpful thank you
Hey Thanks again great video
Thanks for the video
I love your channel so much , im wanting to get in better condition to do my first through hike and think I'm going to go this same route (with what / how I eat) thanks!
It's definitely possible to eat healthier than I do as well, just the cost goes up. You'll have a great time on your trip! Just start off slow with low expectations, and have fun with it. Over time you'll see what you like and don't like, and can speed up, or slow down. Cheers!
Bah ha so many people totally freak about eating basically the same thing every day. Wonderful to see others who recognize the many utilities of sameness. And it’s no minimalist sameness, those bars aren’t cheap (unless compared to so many mountain house type meals). But they do what you need them to and they’re enjoyable. Nice variety too. I really like the regular cycle of swapping out salty & sweet “treat snacks”. Thanks for sharing the depth of your experience.
... but I’m a long way away from cold soaking. Especially a favorite staple like refritos. I also enjoy the cheap coffee. But on cold mornings it’s my motivation to get up so again my stove comes in. I bring enough to have a cold liter bottle late in the day for a pick me up. I like the big jar of café bustelo, just dump the desired amount into a zip top bag and eyeball the mixing... and adjust for desired boost/flavor level.
Great vid! 👍👊
The other nice thing about mailing your food is you don't have to worry about whether or not they have what you want.
I'll check out the Bobo bars. Those look tasty. Last year I started taking Picky Bars. Not cheap, but I felt like they did more for me vs. Clif Bars, although I still take those too.
Interesting info! I've never considered hiking on a straight diet of bars and snacks but I may try it. My unique snack is a small cold, microwaved sweet potato...comes in natural packaging, nutritious, and is nicely neutral on the stomach. Not for ultralight thru-hiking maybe! One thought - Propel (and other electrolyte mixes) have 0 carbs, so I choose something like Skratch that has a little sugar, for some drinkable calories.
those are some good noms. blueberry crisp cliff bars for life. when you starting? My boyfriend Squig and I will be starting the AZT on the 29th! see ya out there maybe!
No hitchhiking.... awesome stay safe. 👍🐿👍
Just what I needed. A BIG THANKS. Putting together pct meals and forget electrolytes, beef sticks. U got me to 3200 call a day. Also 100 cal/hr is perfect. Sometimes a get weak not eating enough.
When do u send boxes? How long does post office hold them?
Thank you sir
Amazing how close both your menu and your food/efficiency philosophy is to mine. Hike on! - Larry
For me it comes from Swami and Scott williamson with my own additions. I know skurka does very similar items as well. I think it's one person building off those before them, though I wish I knew who did it first
@@JupiterHikes Right on. Learn from others, give it your own twist, use it, and pass it on.
The food thing makes total sense and you can always stop in a town to grab something if you needed too.
You got that right! I try to be strict with myself but if need be I can always change plans and be flexible
Thank you for your video 🙏🏽 @Jupiterhikes ! 🏕❄️💯
Get up early. Haha. My nemesis 😛
Boxes for life as a celiac, and the big advantage is being able to send non-food items like socks, germ-x, pre-portioned aquamira, etc. Bananas and avocados out of town feel like plenty to supplement packing the same thing for every box. Also, it can be a little messy, but Tailwind is a nice substitute for Nuun if you want flavored water with calories that are not maltodextrin ; )
For the AT I had even pre prepared shirts treated with permethrin to be sent at high tick areas! A lot of ways to play it for those willing to do the extra planning
Tailwind and skratch labs are both awesome. I can’t use the malto brands.
Have you ever used a service to bring food to a trailhead? Order online, select your time window and meet at the trailhead.
With all the snow we’ve been getting this month, you might be super lucky with the water sources being replenished
I'm hoping so!
@@JupiterHikes didn’t spy a water filter in your gear list. Can you explain your thinking in this? How do you think about the risk of giardia etc?
@@samalper2021 he showed his water filter in his gear video
Thanks
Thank you for the insights. I planned a 5 week hike with my girl friend last summer and the meals (and calories) took very long to prepare. We made everything ourselves and tried to stay away from sugar (aside from what you find in dried fruits) and instead go for a lot of fat (like nuts). Without being completely sure what's in your bars, to me, your diet seems a bit heavy on the sugar. How does that work out for you? Have you tried going without? maybe tried to compare? We were worried that our blood sugar would be having a rollercoaster ride if we ate too much sugar and only feeling full for a short amount of time eating those sugar bars. But yeah, I dont really have too much experience with eating a lot of candy/energi bars as substitute for food.
I spoke to a seemingly pretty serious hiker on our trip (very nice guy). He recommended a 86% chocolate (Marabou Premium). It's quite low on sugar but has 640 cal/100g. He also recommended fat, dried meat like snack sausages (not sure if your beef jurky was in fact a snack sausage or something more lean). So yeah. I became quite happy with those recommendations myself at least :-)
Haha I use the hourly beep to regulate my snacking too!
agreed, and kind of keep track of where I'm at / how I'm doing
La cold soaked skurka famous dinner! Nice
cold soaked instant rice sounds so bad
I heard that cold soaking makes it gross. A hot meal at the end of the day just hits different.
I love it... But found that it took away from my adventure on the AT when I planned that way...but I get it
I'm doing about half and half so I get a little bit of everything!
I've always thought your chili bean dinner is pretty brilliant and I'm sure it rocks. Just wondering if you have ever tried it warm or hot,,,? If so, did you like,,,?
Nice looks like my azt food bag I annihilated some chips and bars for 800 miles!
I love to have some delicious Sun Chips while I’m out on the trail.
Just watched this in my tent at mile 391.5.!
I have a question. when you customized your Torrid Pullover, did you selected Helmet Compatible Hood?? my head is big so I'm thinking about whether to choose it or not.
People. Always say they 'researched' where to do food drops but no one ever says where they found the information. I love backpacking but literally food drops are the only part of a long distance trail hike that I'm not comfortable with. Is there an online forum that outlines this stuff? What would you search for in search terms? Is there a list of post office contacts for a given trail? Does every post office let you have packages stored for you and if you don't get there in time do they dispose of your package? I'd love a video on how to set this process up.
There is a calculator based off ur estimated distance covered and other factors that tells you how many days of food you need to pack between mail offices
Thanks for sharing your hike with us! Sharing how you hike and your food is very useful. I do worry about the amount of processed foods you are eating, especially the number of carbohydrates. Stay healthy!
I'm partial to taking gummy bears with me on my trips. Delicious alternative when the chocolate/peanuts/raisin trail mix stuff isn't doing it.
This was interesting.. The pick me up note and a reminder of the plan is a great idea. Thank you..
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Nice spread. I’m similar.
I take it you’re mailing your boxes “near” the trail.
Just curious if you’d mind sharing the supply points you thought might be difficult?
Might be helpful for some folks (including me, lol).
Thanks!
They aren't difficult I'm just doing this without hitchhiking at all so some are further away than I want to walk. So sending some boxes along the trail instead. And yes near, but some spots really are right on trail!
JupiterHikes gotcha, thanks,
Hi, do you also bring/take vitamins or supplements? New subs here.
Looks chilly.
Are you vlogging this thru hike as you go?
Don’t forget the McDoubles challenge! 3 or 4 days worth of McDoubles 😆. How I hike the Grand Canyon 👍
Do you finish everything by the end of the 3 days or do you keep a little back , just in case ?
Do you just add more bars when consuming more calories?
Skurka Beans!🤘🏼
Yeah boooy
Are you going to town for all your boxes?
I don't see any maltodextrin powder in there, are you still doing the malto thing?
Cliff Carrot cake yes!
how tall is jupiter, i'm 6' and usually plan for 1.5lb dense food and am just curious about metabolism
Have fun and good luck! What type of rice do you use that cold soaks in 30 mins?
It may take longer but it's no worries I put it in around sunset and get more miles, it's minute rice
@@JupiterHikes I appreciate this answer. I was wondering if it was minute or normal as it seems like the beans would soak up all the water before the rice ever rehydrated.
What’s your ratio of beans/rice/seasoning?
Thanks so much for another helpful video Jupiter! Questions for anyone: what do you put on the label as the address (general delivery?) and how long will a post office hold onto a box like that? I'm thinking that you mail out all your boxes before you leave?
By law I believe post offices or any business is required to hold you package for one whole month. I will personally put my name, then C/O general delivery, or the name of whatever business I've sent it to. c/o means Care Of, as in you don't own the property the package is sent to, but that you are allowing them to take care of it. And then the address. I also will put my ETA, my phone number, and 'please hold for long distance hiker.' In big letters on most sides of the box I will write my last name just so that it is easily found later when I come to pick it up. An extra tip... Post offices are not often prefered when it comes to sending yourself packages. I choose businesses if I can because the PO has weird hours and normal businesses have more regular hours. That way I have more flexibility in when I can pickup my package. I can show up on a sunday, and though the PO may be closed, the hostel I sent my package to isn't. Think hostels, hotels, restaurants, visitor centers, resorts, general stores... but you gotta make sure that they do accept packages of this kind, and will hold it for you prior to sending. This seems like a lot of info but for me it's just second nature now and you'll get the hang of it as well if packaged resupplies are your thing!
@@JupiterHikes wow thank you SO MUCH for all that info- hugely helpful, great tips! You de best!!
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Great stuff! Do you mail all of your boxes ahead for time before you go, or get some one to mail them while you are on trail?
I've done it both ways. The rule of thumb is that a business has to hold your package for at least a month before they can get rid of it. So for this trail I am ok to send before I go, while longer hikes I would want to leave some cash and my boxes with a friend/family
@@JupiterHikes what kind of businesses do you send your boxes to?
@@MelanieJermeleWhite I've sent them to hostels, hotels, trail angels, park visitor centers, rv parks, restaurants, a hardware store, a marina, and the list continues! There is no right answer here, and maybe surprisingly I hardly ever send them to actual post offices, choosing these businesses instead. Either because they are closer to the trail, or have better hours of operation. The more you dig into a trail you start seeing various places and businesses that are hiker friendly, or at least willing to accept a package.
@@JupiterHikes wow! And did you ask them? Or did you just go ahead and send the packages?
Skurka Beans & Rice!
I dont understand any advantages of factory processed unhealthy bars over self made fruit n nut mix. Especially in the desert. Bars gonna melt wont they?
What about vegetables? Maybe you should supplement with green powder.
Hi Jupiter - I'm a newbie hiker prepping for my first 100 mile trek and I have been loving your videos. Can you tell me the measurements for your dinner packet? I assume you are using one full packet of the dried refried beans from Amazon, but how much rice? You mentioned simply rehydrating the packet in a jar. So, does this mean that you do not carry a stove or anything that heats water? [i.e. are you drinking the coffee cold?]. Thanks.
I am not using one full packet of beans, that would be a ton! 2oz of beans, 1.5oz rice, 1oz fritos, and spice to taste. These numbers don't need to be exact, and sometimes I'll do more. I don't carry a stove and just add water. Pack out an avocado to make it even better
@@JupiterHikes good to know, thanks! I haven't discovered your video yet that talks about your cook / non-cook system. Was the decision based on shaving off pack weight? Do you miss having a hot meal after hiking all day?
I have a favorite cold soaking meal video.. maybe you would like the recipe. ;) just saying. Take care
How different is your meal planning if you were taking a stove? Do you usually have hot breakfast and dinners or is it pretty much the same?
I only do hot meals on short trips like overnights with friends. Sometimes I'll pack out veggies and stuff in tinfoil and cook that over a fire, sometimes I'll do mountain house, sometimes I'll just pack out jimmy johns or takeout from my favorite restaurant. For a thru hike I prefer stoveless as it's generally lighter weight, easier, and I don't need to find fuel ever. To make my bean recipe better if that turns you off you can add an avocado from town, add some olive oil, or add some cheese! Been doing it this way for a long time now and have enjoyed it always
Bars are very heavy. Would you consdier packing lighter food? I have dehydrated a lot of fruits and veg (and chicken for my dog) for my next trip and considering leaving behind hevaier items like cranberries, nuts, dates, rasins.
I think that the taking heavier foods is well worth it when water security is low like on the azt trail.