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   Ása permalink*

   May 6, 2011 14:11

   I got some lovely tips & tricks send to my via email for our epic X-Iceland trip from a pilot who has spent many cold hard nights walking in the wilds. We are very excited and can’t wait to follow that great advise. If you have any more for us please post them here for us or send us an email to theflyingeffect@gmail.com

   For enjoying food:
   Light high energy yummy food. Pockets of dry almonds and raisins with a chunk of chocolate mixed in. Instant noodles for dinner, oats for breakfast though I see croissants are pretty good too. Don’t mind the squashed mess they revert to, because it all tastes good! Oh yes. Really good.

   Googling high calorie foods takes us into the following.
   http://www.etoolsage.com/chart/High_Calorie_Food_List.asp?Cate=0&Calorie=400&pageNo=9

   The good news is that powdered coffee with whitener is considered a high calorie food. no need to skimp on essentials and it is nice being decadent in the outdoors!

   Your going to be able to eat all the good stuff like chocolate, nuts, seeds, powdered coffee, cod oil, any oils, home precooked oat bars loaded with the aforementioned.

   A small gas cooker for a hot drink again loaded with anything like chocolate, oats, noodles, dry seeds/nuts, dry fruits, things that are dry will soak in that initial boiled water and not require cooking.

   A few spices like pepper or more pepper will spice it up. You would sleep anyway but the warming, refreshing and pure joy of a hot drink/meal will add to the pleasure immensely.

   Food weight seems to always add up and maybe you could plan a food dump or two reducing your load. both leg loading and wing loading. Of course you could just do it on coffee and ommm.

   Light stuff:
   Waters going to be easy. A good wet weather ‘gortex or (equivalent) one piece suit’ is essential for safety and comfort. No need for a tent, maybe a bivouac bag. Good quality breathable with a hoop over your head is good. And if it really starts pissing down you can use your wing over the bivvy bag to shed the wet stuff… a super light sleeping bag might be a wee luxury, though your one piece flying suit will be warm. It is summer after all, right? haha. You could save a kilo or two sleeping on your wing. It’s worth a practice night or two before to see how you might manage the condensation problem.

   Toiletries:
   A bag of ‘kiddies wipes’ ( those alcohol soaked tissues) are great for hygienic relief after a day’s walk.

   Awesome tips… thanks a lot birdman, we’ll post them here for others to benefit from them as well :)

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   Carlie permalink

   June 16, 2011 12:46

   Great common sense here. Wish I’d thoguht of that.

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