There's no better trail food than dark chocolate, nuts, seeds, dry fruit, grains and oils. Oats + a small scoop protein powder + few nuts (I recommend Brazilian nuts, walnuts or pecans) + some dry fruit (dates, prunes, figs) - easily can be 1000 kcal and 40 g of protein in a single meal while being lightweight and able to be cold soaked or cooked depending on conditions or preference. Similarly any pasta (preferably whole grain), brown rice, lentils or sorghum meals with added extra virgin olive oil for calories and carrying the taste of spices and TVP for protein can pack a similar punch. Get some dark chocolate for quick snack and extra energy. It's not only more calorie dense than Oreos but also comes with significant amount of micronutrients, especially iron. As you're moving a lot of oxygen during a day of hiking, you'll feel so much better if you eat dark chocolate instead of M&Ms. Eat nuts, seeds, dry fruit, whole grains and added fat. You can purchase those anywhere, they won't go bad in a backpack no matter the weather and you won't feel like trash eating this way. You don't need fresh fruit and vegetables to keep eating healthily on the trail. Grab an apple, peach and a banana where you're resupplying but don't worry about carrying some at all times.
This is one of the most entertaining things I’ve watched today! That dessert presentation and the Final Countdown with the backup frog vocals made my day! Thank you for the smiles.
Love that this is easily doable for both celiacs and vegans! Most other “autoimmune” or specialist food diaries for the mountains are a little bit inaccessible or ridiculous - this is super useful, thanks Chase 🎉
Your breakfast was the most calorific and nicest looking thing you ate. If I was cold soaking, I'd be tempted to have 3 of those (2 thousand calories) throughout the day, snack on the nuts/fruits/coffee and have the cold soak meal at the end of the day. Should be easier to get the calories, healthier and I reckon should feel fuller. Defo gonna steal that recipe!
Going a my first multi day hike in Switzerland in September. This is perfect info for my preparation on what to bring along. I was very impressed by seeing you spread out the calories throughout the day and eating small portions at a time. I usually wait way to long and eat a lot at once. What you did feels a lot more sensible ^^
I always end up not eating enough on the first day of a thru hike. Thank you for your suggestion about salt intake. I have been caught out so often with lack of salt/electrolytes. I carry a salted nut mix (yes, junk food) as snack to keep the calorie and salt intake up. It’s fairly easy to estimate the base metabolic rate if you have an idea of your body composition. For me (185cm, male, 83kg, 19% body fat) that’s about 1,800 kcal. An hour hiking with a backpack burns an additional 300 - 400 kcal (that’s on top of base metabolic rate) depending on terrain. On a thru hike, I’ll typically walk for 8h per day, so 4,000 kcal is really the minimum intake to sustain. - I always find myself not eating enough throughout the day.
This has been super insightful, especially the electrolytes alternative you have made for yourself and just your general cleaning eating on the trail. I have always suffered massively from energy dips over a day outside, even when I’m carrying a few extra kilos, so I really think that tip’ll be the one. Thanks!
I'm glad you did add the bit about how it would change with the walk and individual person. This, 3500 cals, works for me on short thrus, club walks, where I have to set the pace and distance to suit a group. Individual on long thru walks 3500cals would not cut it by a long way. I started the AT at 97kg and 185cm and 59 years young. By Damascus Virginia, 4500 cals per day left me constantly hungry. I'd used up all the body fat up and found I was loosing upper body muscle mass walking 30 - 40kms a day with a 12 kg pack (average). In fact in Damascus I ate/drank between 20000 and 22000 cals, lots of beers, from Lunch till I left the next day after a second breakfast and was hungry by 10am. Love your vids, I get some great info, and I'm just trying out that hip flexor stretch in your latest.
I also found that its best for us on a day hike to eat regular, small snacks than big meals. Especially my bf who sweats a lot, its so important to focus on salt and regular hydration as well👏🏻 We have now starting kinda stopping every hour on a hard hike (with lots of elevation) and at least drink something and maybe a little snack, instead of one big break.
Loved watching this video!!! Well produced and entertaining. Counter point, fwiw: The *quality* of calorie matters. That delicious looking oreo/peanut butter/date sugar bomb, means bliss for 3 minutes and the same hunger in 30. The equivalent calories in, say, a savory rice meal + a starkist tuna pack + a olive oil means you'll stay satiated for a few hours. I cut out foods w/ refined sugar a couple of years ago, and now my thru-hike diet requires less calories as a result. (Also a cold-soaker).
Wow I need to up my oatmeal game! That looks amazing! (I don't like my oats quite that runny though) The mushroom risotto looks good too. FYI you don't need freeze dried rice to cold soak. Instant white rice works just fine if you give it 30 to 45 min to soak. As a general rule, I figure most anything that says it cooks in 5 min or less in the microwave has a good chance of working for cold soaking. (assuming there is nothing raw in it of course)
My food allotment for a mountain hike in the Qld scenic rim: Breakfast is cold oats with pumpkin seed, sunflower seed, hemp seed, apricot, apple, and coconut yoghurt. Snacks consist of a muesli bar, a couple of pieces of fruit, some biltong from my local South African, and some Natural confectionary co lollies. I usually share them around and seldom eat the whole pack if it's just me, Lunch is a ham and cheese, or cheese and salami croissant with a bottle of home brew. Dark ales for colder months, lighter beers for hotter months. Gotta have my summit beer, at first it started as a joke, but then people began to expect me to do it so i had to keep it going... Hydration is a bladder of water and a bottle of Aldi electrolyte, the electrolyte has been a life saver for me on the hot hikes. Ps. Have you tried Celtic hand harvested sea salt? One of my friends here in Brissy is a PT and she put me onto it. Apparently it's absolutely packed with minerals other salts don't have.
I mix up a hydration powder before I leave. Beet juice powder, pomegranate powder, super green powder, fruit juice powder, and salt. Gives me lots of nitric oxide.
Definition number 4 of coma of dcvb.iec.cat: "Prat alterós, generalment situat en cims aplanats, ric de bon herbatge i molt estimat per a pastura". From what I can tell it usually refers to a valley (some etimologists claim it comes from the gaulic word for valley), with good pasture for animals. Btw, the wild animals you filmed are ibex? I have seen isards uncountable times in the Eastern Pyrenees, but never an ibex!
12:46 I haven't heard that argument for cold soaking, and it makes sense... lol... I had written off cold soaking as a weirdo thing people do, but I can see how actually *wanting* a cold meal after a hot day could be the point of cold soaking. Awesome insight!
Yes!! Continue this type of information on your videos! This has been extremely helpful in figuring out how to be more ultralight and streamlining cooking and shopping methods for backpacking. Loved the scenery in this one !!!( Looking for the rice flakes now!)
My cat was really into this video😻. If you add a can of salmon to mushroom risotto it’s pretty incredible for eating outside. You may need more chocolate. I personally need to balance my protein to carb ratio, if I eat a ton of calories but everything is mostly carbs I bonk. Useful to figure out if someone is struggling even though eating enough calories. 👍
Not for me chase, little and often what ever you want bit of good bit of bad but seriously moderation and you'll be fine and just enjoy yourself that's what it's about.
Interesting stuff Chase. On my first thru hike, I didn’t take enough calories on board and I felt completely devoid of energy on the last few days. Only adrenaline got me through!
yay --I am living in Indiana and a fan of Hoosier Farms products! I use the freeze dried heavy whipping cream for backpacking coffee every morning but will have to get that smoked cheese powder!
For multiday tramps I take 160 gms brown lentils and the same of brown rice as my basis. Im 69, 85 kg, 193cm, and this with a tin or two of sardines is sufficient to last me all day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and made more palatable with various seasonings. I consider dried fruit low-value nutrient as it's essentially sugar, and dehy food is expensive garbage with inadequate nutrient and calories/carbs. A 230gm propane/butane cylinder will last a week if cooking is managed properly, with the tight lid on and barely enough gas to simmer it, after its come to the boil, and I cold-soak it in a screw-top while on the move. Coffee of course.
It is better to have fine sea salt as it melts easier, also add more salt this is not a lot, and add salt first so that you see that it has melted before adding any other ingredients otherwise you will be chewing on salt grains.
Great video good recipe ideas. As I'm getting more into hiking, I think one of the hardest things is the food department. I feel like I'm always running out of food or water and rushing home to empty my fridge 😂 But trial and error is the way to learn.
Rice flakes (poha) is a common central indian food but i regularly use it in up north during my hikes its very good and efficient way to store and use rice. By the way great content brother Lots of love and support from an another Fool and Dreamer.❤️
Nice video as always, thanks for the tips Chase! And Catalonia seems so beautiful 🤩 I'm paying more and more attention to what I eat during my training, and I'm experimenting with snacks to bring on a day hike or a long cycling trip, trying to really reduce the amount of plastic that I will throw in the bin after. For instance you could buy many seeds, nuts, legumes, etc. from packaging-free shops next to my home. Curious to hear your thoughts :)
Chase the Mountains is where we discuss the structural integrity of Oreo's. What about Couscous as a rice and bean alternative? By itself the Couscous is pretty bland but like white rice it pretty much takes on whatever flavor you mix it with. Seems like it would be easy to cold soak but I have never tried it that way.
Hmm, I am wondering how that kind of diet will work on a thru hike without sending yourself resupply boxes. Most of the ingredients are hard to get on trail in reasonable sizes. So if you do cold soaking it all comes down to couscous with spices, dried tomatoes and what else you can get in the supermarket. Nice video though 👍🏻
@@ChaseMountains It would be interesting to see how to resupply in small shops and keep the calorie intake high. Nuts, dates, olive oil and coconut seem key ingredients and mostly easily available.
"Coma de vaca" means something along the lines of cow's field (or a field in a depression, or a field on top of a flat mountain), nothing related to eating, in catalan to eat is "menjar" not related to spanish's "comer"!
Eres un crack, Chase! Pero abusas de los alimentos industriales "american style". Con unas lonchas de chorizo, un poco de cebolla, media pastilla de caldo, unos boletus deshidratados, unos fideos finos y un poco de queso rallado me he hecho alguna cena calórica, caliente y ricaaaa! (el hornillo de alcohol no pesa tanto y da mucho juego). Y las galletas ( integrales o de avena) con Nocilla le dan muuuuchas vueltas a las oreo. Por no decir, si buscas calorías y sabor, de un poco de turrón de Jijona! Gracias por tus vídeos y gracias por utilizar escenarios españoles!
Add more oats to that breakfast. It will last you longer, keep your sugar levels stable, etc. Personally, I'd go towards half cup to 1 cup oats. You won't feel hungry for 4 hours if you have a proper breakfast.
Dang, mixing up your own electrolytes on trail. That's next level. I felt good when I upgraded from Gatorade to Tailwind... 🤣 This was a super helpful video. Been planning a longer distance backpacking trip with some long food carries, so really trying to dial in how much I need to eat and where I can get the most calories for the weight (without only eating double stuffed oreos... 🤣) Love your videos!
Como de vaca, every year (or i try) i go to my family in France on the other side of the mountains there (actually 2x valleys aways terrific spots cheers from Canada
I would make bars, have tubes with nut butter and bring dates and dehydrated bananas and other dried fruits with me for sure! But i wont function on candy, so thats me!
The cold soaking approach is new to me. Thank you for showing me this. I was never a fan of carrying the cooking gear into the mountains. Also, if you like hiking in Europe, there are two amazing long distance trsils in my region. The Juliana trail in Slovenia and the Via Dinarica in the Dinarides (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania)
@@ChaseMountains Slovenia is pretty similar to the other Alpine countries as far as hiking goes, but more remote and a bit cheaper. You really can't go wrong with it if you like mountains. It's basically Austria. Croatia is a different story, especially towards the sea away from the continent. Actual Balkan terrain, a lot more wild then in the rest of Europe and less infrastructure and info for hiking, more rugged, small mountains, karst terrain with very little water (if any, in summer you carry everything) and actually dangerous wild animals(bears, deadly snakes). But very rewarding and unique landscape. Seeing islands scattered in the sea from a mountain peak is quite a sight. Check out Northern Velebit and Paklenica national parks. And obviously avoid the month of August, if you're travelling to Croatia for any reason. I imagine Bosnia and Albania are similar terrain like Croatia only with even worse infrastructure, even more remote and some pretty serious mountain chains. Cheers
I just discovered this channel and I'm legit curious, how does one make the time to do these long hikes? Do you have to take off work or is the channel providing enough income that you just hike for a living now?
All i see is a bunch of empty carbs, not enough healthy fats or protein. Empty carbs are like gasoline on a fire. They give you a quick burst of energy because they burn fast, but not long. You need to place a log on your fire that is your body. Something that lasts long & burns slow, plus heavy in calories.
Just found your channel. Great video for different food items to bring along even for a shorter hike than you did. How much water would you bring on a hike like this?
Bro im planning 5000 calories a day. Over 10 days. I eat more than 3000 calories on a regular day. 181cm 92kg 14% body fat. Not a bad video but not informative for novices if I planned around your intake I would be famished by the 10th day
When you're thru-hiking and have finished the more 'specialty' ingredients, and are passing through smaller towns with limited options, how would you go about replacing stuff like that? I cant imagine you're carrying enough Cliff bars & coconut powder for the entire trip.
Thanks Chase. Going on my first thru hike next summer and was interested in cold soaking. Wondered how long you think you should have cold soaked the pourage ?
As a European hiker, your food looks kinda very complicated. Almost all EU hikers just take whatever they have at home usually and eat that for an average day hike. Apples, bread with cheese/sausages, nuts, bars on top. Bonus is to make a proper dumpling :D
Calories to weight ratio is also big thing, for us obese hikers, trying to lighten our packs and get enough calories to move that much body weight is fun balancing game....
What about the Macro breakdown? How much fat and carbs did you eat on the day? 3050kcal to me seems like a bit to little to prevent weightloss, on an average like 8 hour Mountaneering day my watch showed me that I burned over 4000kcal and I´m only 61kg/174cm.
Hi thanks for video!! Currently half way though gr11 and loving it but struggling to find good nutritious vegan food to buy on trail eg coconut milk powder, where do you go shopping?!! Lol or do you order it online, just thought I would ask thanks very much ✌️
I disagree about junk food. I mix a nut butter made with a variety of nuts with cacao, raw honey, coconut oil, cayenne, and cinnamon. Super yummy and high calorie.
Well, there was a recent example of an examination of a thru-hiker before and after the hike and it did reveal some pretty poor results even though he was inward and outwardly healthy before and outwardly healthy after. Specifically it showed an increase in risk for heart disease that they attributed to his diet of junk food. I think the real distinction, and mostly what Chase was getting at, is it's highly processed junk foods that tend to be the most calorie dense so they get reached for first. Your definition of junk food sounds much healthier than candy bars or shelf stable pastries but would also be more costly and require more time to seek out the ingredients, if you can even find them in a small town/village. Most thru-hikers inevitably switch to diets of really garbage snacks out of convenience and cost.
Chase, you don't need to eat ANY highly processed/junk foods which contain trans fats etc to get nutrient and calorie dense foods. I'm surprised you say this in the end of the video when you also showcase wonderful examples of high calorie healthful foods like coconut, nuts, peanut butter etc. You could also have chocolate bars from reputable companies that don't add a bunch of garbage emulsifiers to it as well. Dude, again, super surprised you threw that in there. Oreos and m&ms and equivalent junk (which I also admit are a nice treat, full disclosure!) are never a requirement!
Every time I see your videos I just imagine you walking back and forth constantly to place your camera and then go get it again after you get your shot
The mental strength you need to eat 3 m&m's at a time... impressive !!
😂
Came here for this comment 😂
I don’t trust anyone who can eat 3 m&ms as a snack 🤣
There's no better trail food than dark chocolate, nuts, seeds, dry fruit, grains and oils.
Oats + a small scoop protein powder + few nuts (I recommend Brazilian nuts, walnuts or pecans) + some dry fruit (dates, prunes, figs) - easily can be 1000 kcal and 40 g of protein in a single meal while being lightweight and able to be cold soaked or cooked depending on conditions or preference.
Similarly any pasta (preferably whole grain), brown rice, lentils or sorghum meals with added extra virgin olive oil for calories and carrying the taste of spices and TVP for protein can pack a similar punch.
Get some dark chocolate for quick snack and extra energy. It's not only more calorie dense than Oreos but also comes with significant amount of micronutrients, especially iron. As you're moving a lot of oxygen during a day of hiking, you'll feel so much better if you eat dark chocolate instead of M&Ms.
Eat nuts, seeds, dry fruit, whole grains and added fat. You can purchase those anywhere, they won't go bad in a backpack no matter the weather and you won't feel like trash eating this way. You don't need fresh fruit and vegetables to keep eating healthily on the trail. Grab an apple, peach and a banana where you're resupplying but don't worry about carrying some at all times.
@Jeff Hook no, it’s not.
Why would protein powder be so bad for hikers? I'm curious to learn your sources
This is one of the most entertaining things I’ve watched today! That dessert presentation and the Final Countdown with the backup frog vocals made my day! Thank you for the smiles.
Love that this is easily doable for both celiacs and vegans! Most other “autoimmune” or specialist food diaries for the mountains are a little bit inaccessible or ridiculous - this is super useful, thanks Chase 🎉
Your breakfast was the most calorific and nicest looking thing you ate. If I was cold soaking, I'd be tempted to have 3 of those (2 thousand calories) throughout the day, snack on the nuts/fruits/coffee and have the cold soak meal at the end of the day. Should be easier to get the calories, healthier and I reckon should feel fuller. Defo gonna steal that recipe!
Going a my first multi day hike in Switzerland in September. This is perfect info for my preparation on what to bring along.
I was very impressed by seeing you spread out the calories throughout the day and eating small portions at a time. I usually wait way to long and eat a lot at once. What you did feels a lot more sensible ^^
Ohh a romantic! Having several dates in the mountains.
I always end up not eating enough on the first day of a thru hike. Thank you for your suggestion about salt intake. I have been caught out so often with lack of salt/electrolytes. I carry a salted nut mix (yes, junk food) as snack to keep the calorie and salt intake up. It’s fairly easy to estimate the base metabolic rate if you have an idea of your body composition. For me (185cm, male, 83kg, 19% body fat) that’s about 1,800 kcal. An hour hiking with a backpack burns an additional 300 - 400 kcal (that’s on top of base metabolic rate) depending on terrain. On a thru hike, I’ll typically walk for 8h per day, so 4,000 kcal is really the minimum intake to sustain. - I always find myself not eating enough throughout the day.
Awesome, Chase. Thanks for consistently bringing the A+ content.
Really wholesome, extremely pleasant & fun to watch, great content 🤙🏽
This has been super insightful, especially the electrolytes alternative you have made for yourself and just your general cleaning eating on the trail. I have always suffered massively from energy dips over a day outside, even when I’m carrying a few extra kilos, so I really think that tip’ll be the one. Thanks!
I'm glad you did add the bit about how it would change with the walk and individual person. This, 3500 cals, works for me on short thrus, club walks, where I have to set the pace and distance to suit a group. Individual on long thru walks 3500cals would not cut it by a long way. I started the AT at 97kg and 185cm and 59 years young. By Damascus Virginia, 4500 cals per day left me constantly hungry. I'd used up all the body fat up and found I was loosing upper body muscle mass walking 30 - 40kms a day with a 12 kg pack (average). In fact in Damascus I ate/drank between 20000 and 22000 cals, lots of beers, from Lunch till I left the next day after a second breakfast and was hungry by 10am. Love your vids, I get some great info, and I'm just trying out that hip flexor stretch in your latest.
I also found that its best for us on a day hike to eat regular, small snacks than big meals. Especially my bf who sweats a lot, its so important to focus on salt and regular hydration as well👏🏻 We have now starting kinda stopping every hour on a hard hike (with lots of elevation) and at least drink something and maybe a little snack, instead of one big break.
I loved "The Final Count Down!" Your videos are useful, fun and inspiring.
thanks Chase, hearing you articulate my thoughts, helped to alleviate the feeling of guilt for eating junk food(mainly sugars) during my hikes ;)
😂 My Garmin claims I burn generally over 1200 in rest mode. Working on getting my I take down as I increase my exercise. 🤙🏻Enjoy the Range.
Loved watching this video!!! Well produced and entertaining.
Counter point, fwiw: The *quality* of calorie matters. That delicious looking oreo/peanut butter/date sugar bomb, means bliss for 3 minutes and the same hunger in 30. The equivalent calories in, say, a savory rice meal + a starkist tuna pack + a olive oil means you'll stay satiated for a few hours.
I cut out foods w/ refined sugar a couple of years ago, and now my thru-hike diet requires less calories as a result. (Also a cold-soaker).
Mate, if my like gets you that house, I'm all up for it! Even if it doesn't, still an awesome video again. Very helpful.
That is a really good video, thanks! Really had me laughing at those final countdown vocals :D
Wow I need to up my oatmeal game! That looks amazing! (I don't like my oats quite that runny though) The mushroom risotto looks good too.
FYI you don't need freeze dried rice to cold soak. Instant white rice works just fine if you give it 30 to 45 min to soak. As a general rule, I figure most anything that says it cooks in 5 min or less in the microwave has a good chance of working for cold soaking. (assuming there is nothing raw in it of course)
My food allotment for a mountain hike in the Qld scenic rim:
Breakfast is cold oats with pumpkin seed, sunflower seed, hemp seed, apricot, apple, and coconut yoghurt.
Snacks consist of a muesli bar, a couple of pieces of fruit, some biltong from my local South African, and some Natural confectionary co lollies. I
usually share them around and seldom eat the whole pack if it's just me,
Lunch is a ham and cheese, or cheese and salami croissant with a bottle of home brew. Dark ales for colder months, lighter beers for hotter months. Gotta have my summit beer, at first it started as a joke, but then people began to expect me to do it so i had to keep it going...
Hydration is a bladder of water and a bottle of Aldi electrolyte, the electrolyte has been a life saver for me on the hot hikes.
Ps. Have you tried Celtic hand harvested sea salt? One of my friends here in Brissy is a PT and she put me onto it. Apparently it's absolutely packed with minerals other salts don't have.
Nice one man, sounds perfect for the scenic rim! And nah I haven't tasted that salt!!
I mix up a hydration powder before I leave. Beet juice powder, pomegranate powder, super green powder, fruit juice powder, and salt. Gives me lots of nitric oxide.
from a health food shop? what ratios do you use?
Another great and very usefull video for a beginner hiker like me ! Thank you for sharing with us your experience and tips !
a 'coma' is kind of a small flat terrain in the mountain, usually with good grass appreciated by cattle
Great video!
Definition number 4 of coma of dcvb.iec.cat: "Prat alterós, generalment situat en cims aplanats, ric de bon herbatge i molt estimat per a pastura". From what I can tell it usually refers to a valley (some etimologists claim it comes from the gaulic word for valley), with good pasture for animals. Btw, the wild animals you filmed are ibex? I have seen isards uncountable times in the Eastern Pyrenees, but never an ibex!
vienna sausages are my go to. light, fatty, salty calories, plus juice ;)
12:46 I haven't heard that argument for cold soaking, and it makes sense... lol... I had written off cold soaking as a weirdo thing people do, but I can see how actually *wanting* a cold meal after a hot day could be the point of cold soaking. Awesome insight!
Yes!! Continue this type of information on your videos! This has been extremely helpful in figuring out how to be more ultralight and streamlining cooking and shopping methods for backpacking. Loved the scenery in this one !!!( Looking for the rice flakes now!)
Man I want to start doing more of this. Noone wants to go with me and I'm not too experienced.
This was so helpful! Would be great to see updates as time passes. This is such a tricky subject. Thank you for sharing!
my new favorite youtube channel
Bro I love watching your stuff. Only thing keeping me going between hikes
When you use humour in your videos, these become super funny haha I appreciate the magic powder. Greetings from Lleida! See you in the mountains!
killer content as usual brother. keep it up, can see this channel blowing up to like 500k subscribers in a few years
I hit the like button, looking forward to the next episode of CMTV Cribs!
My cat was really into this video😻. If you add a can of salmon to mushroom risotto it’s pretty incredible for eating outside. You may need more chocolate. I personally need to balance my protein to carb ratio, if I eat a ton of calories but everything is mostly carbs I bonk. Useful to figure out if someone is struggling even though eating enough calories. 👍
Not for me chase, little and often what ever you want bit of good bit of bad but seriously moderation and you'll be fine and just enjoy yourself that's what it's about.
I've taken that approach my whole life before this and it's worked fine hahha
Badass looking hike. I bet that Estrella hit, sir!
Interesting stuff Chase. On my first thru hike, I didn’t take enough calories on board and I felt completely devoid of energy on the last few days. Only adrenaline got me through!
yay --I am living in Indiana and a fan of Hoosier Farms products! I use the freeze dried heavy whipping cream for backpacking coffee every morning but will have to get that smoked cheese powder!
I don't know how it founds ts way to Spain but I'm glad it did!
For multiday tramps I take 160 gms brown lentils and the same of brown rice as my basis. Im 69, 85 kg, 193cm, and this with a tin or two of sardines is sufficient to last me all day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and made more palatable with various seasonings. I consider dried fruit low-value nutrient as it's essentially sugar, and dehy food is expensive garbage with inadequate nutrient and calories/carbs. A 230gm propane/butane cylinder will last a week if cooking is managed properly, with the tight lid on and barely enough gas to simmer it, after its come to the boil, and I cold-soak it in a screw-top while on the move. Coffee of course.
really enjoyed this one and picked up some great tips :) thanks for what u do dude!!!!
I enjoy long romantic walks to the fridge.
It is better to have fine sea salt as it melts easier, also add more salt this is not a lot, and add salt first so that you see that it has melted before adding any other ingredients otherwise you will be chewing on salt grains.
Great video good recipe ideas. As I'm getting more into hiking, I think one of the hardest things is the food department. I feel like I'm always running out of food or water and rushing home to empty my fridge 😂 But trial and error is the way to learn.
Rice flakes (poha) is a common central indian food but i regularly use it in up north during my hikes its very good and efficient way to store and use rice.
By the way great content brother
Lots of love and support from an another Fool and Dreamer.❤️
Nice video as always, thanks for the tips Chase! And Catalonia seems so beautiful 🤩
I'm paying more and more attention to what I eat during my training, and I'm experimenting with snacks to bring on a day hike or a long cycling trip, trying to really reduce the amount of plastic that I will throw in the bin after. For instance you could buy many seeds, nuts, legumes, etc. from packaging-free shops next to my home.
Curious to hear your thoughts :)
The final countdown = classic!
It’s actually in my hiking playlist!
Also adding this recipe to the list. I may yet become a cold soaker 😳🤫
You can do it I believe in you
Chase the Mountains is where we discuss the structural integrity of Oreo's. What about Couscous as a rice and bean alternative? By itself the Couscous is pretty bland but like white rice it pretty much takes on whatever flavor you mix it with. Seems like it would be easy to cold soak but I have never tried it that way.
Hmm, I am wondering how that kind of diet will work on a thru hike without sending yourself resupply boxes. Most of the ingredients are hard to get on trail in reasonable sizes. So if you do cold soaking it all comes down to couscous with spices, dried tomatoes and what else you can get in the supermarket. Nice video though 👍🏻
Yeah pretty much. After a week or so I'll be out of risotto, and then I'll be cous cous and ramening my way home
@@ChaseMountains It would be interesting to see how to resupply in small shops and keep the calorie intake high. Nuts, dates, olive oil and coconut seem key ingredients and mostly easily available.
Oh boy, I've been laughing sooo hard during the final countdown😂
For cheese flavour you can also use dry nutritional yeast, it's vegan and yummy :)
hmm not quite creamy tho :/ maybe with coconut milk also, could be a vegan option!
lol - oreo for the win! that gave us energy during our long, steep hike!
"Coma de vaca" means something along the lines of cow's field (or a field in a depression, or a field on top of a flat mountain), nothing related to eating, in catalan to eat is "menjar" not related to spanish's "comer"!
Eres un crack, Chase! Pero abusas de los alimentos industriales "american style". Con unas lonchas de chorizo, un poco de cebolla, media pastilla de caldo, unos boletus deshidratados, unos fideos finos y un poco de queso rallado me he hecho alguna cena calórica, caliente y ricaaaa! (el hornillo de alcohol no pesa tanto y da mucho juego). Y las galletas ( integrales o de avena) con Nocilla le dan muuuuchas vueltas a las oreo. Por no decir, si buscas calorías y sabor, de un poco de turrón de Jijona!
Gracias por tus vídeos y gracias por utilizar escenarios españoles!
loving your videos, aside from the great adventure you had I am also learning! ❤️
Add more oats to that breakfast. It will last you longer, keep your sugar levels stable, etc. Personally, I'd go towards half cup to 1 cup oats. You won't feel hungry for 4 hours if you have a proper breakfast.
Dang, mixing up your own electrolytes on trail. That's next level. I felt good when I upgraded from Gatorade to Tailwind... 🤣
This was a super helpful video. Been planning a longer distance backpacking trip with some long food carries, so really trying to dial in how much I need to eat and where I can get the most calories for the weight (without only eating double stuffed oreos... 🤣)
Love your videos!
Really, really good video. Thank you.
Hey Thanks Love it big guy
Yep nice house, calories I find hard to keep up. Hiking food is tasteless am now looking into a dehydration unit.
Enjoyed watching this
Well, I guess I found my new favorite youtuber!
Love the dream house Chase 👍 😊and once again a brilliant video
Wow, Chase, post covid, you are amazing and loving the video❣
Cold soaking rice flakes, that's a first. Unless you like them crunchy.
give it 30 minutes its not crunchy at all!
Como de vaca, every year (or i try) i go to my family in France on the other side of the mountains there (actually 2x valleys aways terrific spots cheers from Canada
I would make bars, have tubes with nut butter and bring dates and dehydrated bananas and other dried fruits with me for sure! But i wont function on candy, so thats me!
The cold soaking approach is new to me. Thank you for showing me this. I was never a fan of carrying the cooking gear into the mountains.
Also, if you like hiking in Europe, there are two amazing long distance trsils in my region. The Juliana trail in Slovenia and the Via Dinarica in the Dinarides (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania)
Epic!! I want to look into this. I love the Balkan states! Could be my next thru hike
@@ChaseMountains Slovenia is pretty similar to the other Alpine countries as far as hiking goes, but more remote and a bit cheaper. You really can't go wrong with it if you like mountains. It's basically Austria.
Croatia is a different story, especially towards the sea away from the continent. Actual Balkan terrain, a lot more wild then in the rest of Europe and less infrastructure and info for hiking, more rugged, small mountains, karst terrain with very little water (if any, in summer you carry everything) and actually dangerous wild animals(bears, deadly snakes). But very rewarding and unique landscape. Seeing islands scattered in the sea from a mountain peak is quite a sight. Check out Northern Velebit and Paklenica national parks. And obviously avoid the month of August, if you're travelling to Croatia for any reason.
I imagine Bosnia and Albania are similar terrain like Croatia only with even worse infrastructure, even more remote and some pretty serious mountain chains.
Cheers
This was a very entertaining video, thanks for sharing. But also the landscape looks amazing, can you share that tour on a map or so?
its on my discord!👍
Awesome vid man
Great video! Thanks
I just discovered this channel and I'm legit curious, how does one make the time to do these long hikes? Do you have to take off work or is the channel providing enough income that you just hike for a living now?
All i see is a bunch of empty carbs, not enough healthy fats or protein.
Empty carbs are like gasoline on a fire. They give you a quick burst of energy because they burn fast, but not long. You need to place a log on your fire that is your body. Something that lasts long & burns slow, plus heavy in calories.
i would struggle very much on that food. i'd need more fat and meat. yes some days on through hike but I;d need a different plan. thanks for sharing
Just found your channel. Great video for different food items to bring along even for a shorter hike than you did.
How much water would you bring on a hike like this?
have you ever considered hiking the GR20 in Corsica...me and a frind are going to do it next year...keep doing what you do...you're awsome
Yeah I strongly considered doing it this year but I couldn’t be bothered dealing with the COVID situation in France. Maybe next year
This looks like a nice valley- I`m gonna have three more M&Ms. Glorious! :D :D
“I was still hungry so I had an Oreo.” Yeah, that must’ve filled you right up…
I totally suggest adding a small amount of salt to your morning shake 🤝 your welcome 😁👌
Great video. Just about to do 40 miles with a 50lb pack. I think I will need loads of calories. Learned a lot from this video. Subscribed
Have a great trip man!
Bro im planning 5000 calories a day. Over 10 days. I eat more than 3000 calories on a regular day. 181cm 92kg 14% body fat. Not a bad video but not informative for novices if I planned around your intake I would be famished by the 10th day
When you're thru-hiking and have finished the more 'specialty' ingredients, and are passing through smaller towns with limited options, how would you go about replacing stuff like that? I cant imagine you're carrying enough Cliff bars & coconut powder for the entire trip.
may I suggest taking natural peanut butter which has lotsa calories but also good oils
Translation is I don’t know what the word is but whatever the word for “refugee camp” is- for the cow feeders
Thanks Chase. Going on my first thru hike next summer and was interested in cold soaking. Wondered how long you think you should have cold soaked the pourage ?
For the taste/texture it's a preference thing. For the body to be able to process it easier, I guess probably 30 mins
As a European hiker, your food looks kinda very complicated. Almost all EU hikers just take whatever they have at home usually and eat that for an average day hike. Apples, bread with cheese/sausages, nuts, bars on top. Bonus is to make a proper dumpling :D
Calories to weight ratio is also big thing, for us obese hikers, trying to lighten our packs and get enough calories to move that much body weight is fun balancing game....
What about the Macro breakdown? How much fat and carbs did you eat on the day?
3050kcal to me seems like a bit to little to prevent weightloss, on an average like 8 hour Mountaneering day my watch showed me that I burned over 4000kcal and I´m only 61kg/174cm.
Yeah, and (did I miss it?) How many total miles/or km; what gain. What does your pack weigh. Did you gain/loose wt(glycogen dump possible)
Hi thanks for video!! Currently half way though gr11 and loving it but struggling to find good nutritious vegan food to buy on trail eg coconut milk powder, where do you go shopping?!! Lol or do you order it online, just thought I would ask thanks very much ✌️
This might be a stupid question but is there a heapthier alternative you could do? Less processed things?😅
curious, the reason behind the "cold soak" is to save the weight and space of a stove and fuel? thanks
I disagree about junk food. I mix a nut butter made with a variety of nuts with cacao, raw honey, coconut oil, cayenne, and cinnamon. Super yummy and high calorie.
Well, there was a recent example of an examination of a thru-hiker before and after the hike and it did reveal some pretty poor results even though he was inward and outwardly healthy before and outwardly healthy after. Specifically it showed an increase in risk for heart disease that they attributed to his diet of junk food.
I think the real distinction, and mostly what Chase was getting at, is it's highly processed junk foods that tend to be the most calorie dense so they get reached for first. Your definition of junk food sounds much healthier than candy bars or shelf stable pastries but would also be more costly and require more time to seek out the ingredients, if you can even find them in a small town/village. Most thru-hikers inevitably switch to diets of really garbage snacks out of convenience and cost.
What kind of maniac only eats 3 m&m’s 😂😳❤️
It does seem a bit stupid now that you mention it 🤣 I think that's my key to hitting 3500 tho. I have to break that 3 m&m barrier
@@ChaseMountains yesss! Throw caution to the wind and just eat a handful ❤️
Meanwhile I pack food mindfully. But I find that I'm not hungry on trail. It ends up being weight on my back.
Chase, you don't need to eat ANY highly processed/junk foods which contain trans fats etc to get nutrient and calorie dense foods. I'm surprised you say this in the end of the video when you also showcase wonderful examples of high calorie healthful foods like coconut, nuts, peanut butter etc. You could also have chocolate bars from reputable companies that don't add a bunch of garbage emulsifiers to it as well. Dude, again, super surprised you threw that in there. Oreos and m&ms and equivalent junk (which I also admit are a nice treat, full disclosure!) are never a requirement!
A couple of typos on the Risotto recipe "• 2 tbs cup of rice flakes "???? And you said "soak soaking" for "Cold soaking".
Cookie is good 😊
Biscuits are Better!!!
Every time I see your videos I just imagine you walking back and forth constantly to place your camera and then go get it again after you get your shot
There's a lot of that, yeah 😭
wheres is this hike taking place??? It looks amazing
Spain, I think
If you eat sausage, you get salts from there. Do you still need extra salts/electrolytes in your drink?