Arrived in Denver this afternoon (Aug 8) after a two day drive from Houston. Went for a walk with Roberta and got a little short of breath which is NOT a good sign. Oh well. I have one more full day before I start on the trail.
Pack Weight
My final pack weight is 28.3 lbs for everything but water. I plan on starting with 2L (4.4 lbs), so 32.7 lb starting weight. About 2 lbs heavier than I wanted but 7 days of food makes it tough.
Food
Speaking of food – here is my first weeks budget:
Dinner:
- 6 freeze dried meals
- 6 tortillas
Breakfast
- 12 Pop Tarts
- Coffee
Lunch
- 7 tortillas
- 4 salmon foils
- 3 Peanut butter cups
- 6 Laughing Cows
- 1 box Cheese nips
Snacks:
- 14 Kind Bars
Which will give me about 2100 calories/day which is only 1000 calories or so less than I will be burning but…. food is HEAVY.
Cell Coverage
Did a little research on T-Mobile coverage on the trail and it looks pretty good for the first half but gets pretty sketchy after that.
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