What is some good food to take on a hiking trip?

What to take on a hiking trip?

• I have a 14 month old, 2 year old and a 5year old I have ibuprofen,benedryl, first aid, sunscreen, hats, cut up fruits and vegetables ,water and pb and j's and an umbrella.this is their first hiking trip and I want to be prepared. Thank you!

• Answer:

  What to Pack The following is a list of food and equipment u may take for a 4 day hike. Warm clothing as the weather can turn bad in the mountains at any time of year. Clothing Its all to do with layers when keeping warm. Air gets trapped between the different layers of clothing and warms up. pile/fleece jacket waterproof seam-sealed jacket lightweight fleece top/woolen jersey 2 t-shirts polypropylene top (couple if winter) waterproof seamed-sealed pants - or just wear shorts if it is raining pair of lightweight trousers - or not, I put them on when I get to a hut pair of shorts underwear polypropylene bottoms 3 pairs of warm woolen socks warm hat warm gloves lightweight pack towel Good sturdy tramping boots jandels < NZ term for sandals. A lot of hikes you will need to cross rivers so something dry to put on when you get to the hut. A guy from Czech I met hiking a few years ago just brought along a pair of soles which he put inside his socks. Food Use small zip-locked bags to store some of the food in. Don't get to fancy as anything tastes good after a days walking. Although the dehydrated food you buy in a bag tastes OK and is convenient, it's expensive and like most packet food "serves 1" means one rabbit. Breakfast 5 big cups of muesli (I usually take extra just in case I get stranded) chocolate chips to add to my muesli 4 cups of milk powder Lunch loaf of bread / pita bread if doing a longer tramp couple of tablespoons of Vegemite couple of tablespoons of butter Dinner 4 packets of pasta and sauce 6 tablespoons of butter 8 strips of bacon to add to pasta and sauce extra pasta to add Extras 12 muesli bars 12 teaspoons of coffee 10 tablespoons of sugar couple of packets of soup Gear good sleeping bag. I prefer down for its size/warmth ratio. They say that sleeping bag liners add around 5 degrees of warmth i.e a -2°C sleeping bag will become a -7°C cooking equipment - MSR, Primus etc fuel for cooker 1 plastic cup 1 plastic tablespoon 1 lightweight pot (I eat out of it as well) torch - headlight pocket knife map small first aid kit and insect repellent (sand flies are murderer in places) camera - for me this is my heaviest item a digital SLR so I can take nice pics for you people Smile backpack and pack-liner umm I think thats about it...hope it would help :)