My Trail Foods w/ Q&A | Pacific Crest Trail

[@Saralaia93]

I´m planning the PCT for 2018 and every time I come across your videos or your channel I get super excited and wish I could do all of this stuff already!! Thank you so much!! I really love how much time, love and info you put into these!!

[@redtango76]

Yay! A vegetarian hiker video! I've watched a lot of food videos but none were for vegetarians. Thanks for making this!

[@Operalistener]

Loving the videos🙌🏻 I'm getting ready to thru hike the AT and all your videos are super informative! Keep them coming!

[@gamedoutgamer]

One of the best trail foods video I've yet found thank you.

[@FiraFlame]

Made me feel a lot better about my thru-hike food planning. I'm freaking out about how to fit 5000 calories a day in my pack and it's feeling impossible!!! I think I just gotta accept that I'll never have 'enough' food, and I need to overeat in towns. I dehydrated a lot of my own food (vegan!) and it's loaded with chia seeds, nutritional yeast, dried veggies/greens, beans, etc. It did take forever, but I just stretched it over a few months, it was pretty low effort. From what I've noticed, PB powder comes in handy when it's used in something else. Obviously, you can just use regular PB, but sometimes it's just nice to make your oatmeal and not have to drag out another food to mix in and let melt. *shrug* That's just me. I mixed it in with a lot of my dehydrated meals. Thanks for relieving me of my stresses!! (Also, are you vegetarian?? Marshmallows are made with gelatin... :\ )

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Kerstin LaCross aw I'm glad I could help! I has been a vegetarian for about 4 years before the trail.

[@hikersteph]

Hey Ingrid! Just want to say thanks for all these awesome vids - they helped me feel less intimidated about the logistics of solo thru hiking as a female 20-something. And here I am now planning/saving for a 2019 PCT thru hike :)

[@AwayWithIngrid]

Aw thanks! Glad you enjoyed them!

[@matthewhoopes9365]

"I was trying to be super healthy at the beginning, I don't know what I was thinking." LOL Great supply vid. I love Natural Grocer!

[@rainbowhiker]

If you can take advice from an old worn out hiker with lots of worn parts, work towards ultralight. In time it will effect your joints and spinal cushioning. When young I was invincible but after thirty I began to have lots of pain. Go safe, go warm, but go much lighter. You have to experiment with new packs too. There are many very comfortable sub 2 lb packs these days.

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+rainbowhiker will do! This was my first long-distance thru-hike. I appreciate your feedback!

[@taniaM107]

Again a very well done video Ingrid!!! I'm very excited about the dehydrating video!!!

[@sickbrawler91]

Love your videos Ingrid! I'm from Australia and am planning on thru-hiking the pct in 2018 when I finish my degree. These videos have helped me heaps!👌

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Jack Byrne great! Thank you for watching!

[@markgreenuk]

thanks Ingrid just what I needed the food was completely different as I say we are in UK I see the cliff bars they are good it was interesting on the prices as well everything over in US seems slightly cheaper which is good again great video thanks 👍😉

[@ChrisGoesOutdoors]

Super helpful with the recording of all the food choices. Nice and thorough/So many options. Not a fan of the PB2 myself. Too much work as you mentioned, especially on a trail. I noticed a lot of the stuff you pick like protein powders, the quest bars, the PB2 etc are all pretty popular in the fitness scene. You about that life or just trying not to die from malnutrition on the trail? (exaggerating of course haha) Excited for the dehydrating video. Been looking into it. I saw a few dehydrators pop up for sale, still looking around. Decisions decisions...

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+ChrisGoesOutdoors haha Thank you! I am into fitness and I was also trying to stay up on my nutrition while out on the trail, haha! I'll be sure to tell you where and how much I spent on my dehydrator.

[@ChrisGoesOutdoors]

haha gotcha, aint nothin bad with keeping in shape! I will be anxiously awaiting dehydrator. Perhaps some "idiot proof" demos could be included? I am asking for....a friend....

[@shramj]

Awesome video Ingrid! I will try those energy bars and also get some of that dehydrated pasta sauce mix.

[@creatamax16]

Hey Ingrid great video's really helpful planning for my PCT 2018 :D thanks for putting in al the effort to share with us.

[@falcolf]

I've never heard of a good quarter of these things, but I'm Canadian and we just don't have some of this stuff. That PB2 powder definitely looks messy and rather odd (plus I hate peanut butter unless it is contained in Reese or similar treat format.) Flavoured peanut butter sounds exciting though! I'm a vegetarian too and man, I'm not big on nuts. I'm not entirely sure what I am going to do snack-wise for my thru hike, but there's a good chance that trail mix will be but a rare contribution to my food supply.

[@sammyqq-di2yr]

Thank You Ingrid , Ur The Best , Stay Safe And Have Fun , Wish You All The Best .... :)

[@seoulcycle]

I really like this video! Very detailed and have me new ideas!

[@montetown5741]

What do you enjoy about hiking? I mean I once did a 800km hike alone through the virgin forests of Cape York. I didnt really feel much at the end of it.

[@AwayWithIngrid]

I'll answer that in my last Q&A video :)

[@erickillg811]

Thank you for this video it was very helpful. Gives me a few good ideas on what to eat that is light weight.

[@stevekammer5226]

Great video, my wife and I have been watching all of your videos, very fascinating. We've also been discussing personalities and why you approach things the way you do and your philosophy on things like walking alone etc. Do you know your Myers Briggs? :)

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Steve Kammer hmm I took several personality tests back in school. I think I am the very rare ISTJ. (not sure how accurate that is...)

[@DrewBaik]

Going to try these trail foods this next weekend

[@ttracemusic]

Great vid. Lots of good ideas. Thanks.

[@mellonmarshall]

As a veggie who might hike one day, (I feel like the knees are going) It is very cool to see another and what you eat as I have never seen one before, Raw vegan ain't the same, If you ask me they are wierd

[@Songer80]

Did you have any plans in place if you ran into any bears, mountain lions, wolves, or coyotes?

[@theorangebell8612]

Nice Video! Thanks for uploading!

[@MegaKaliK]

I've tried visiting your blog a few times. Everytime I enter the URL it takes me to a webpage saying the site is under construction and asks for an Admin Login.

[@DisabledPrepper]

Awesome videos. Just found your channel. Really enjoying them. Warm regards, D^P.

[@rachelsabella832]

How did you keep cheese from spoiling? I've heard lots of hikers keep cheese blocks.

[@AwayWithIngrid]

Sharp cheese. Keeps well

[@mountaincat8]

There are a couple of reasons why many hikers ran out of feed between resupplies in spite of the fact they were experienced backpackers during the later stages of the PCT. (1) They could be looking for a little sympathy and attention. After all, if they finished one section of the trail and they went without food at the end, that means they must be one tough backpacker, right? This could be a mark of honor just like a student who studies for finals by locking themselves in a bedroom for one week. It could be admirable just for their effort (2) Perhaps they were trying to lose weight and by consistently underestimating the amount of food they would eat, they most definitely caused a weight loss at the end before each resupply. (3) Perhaps they were overambititious and overoptimistic in estimating how many miles they would hike each day and thus consistently ran out of food because it took them longer to finish a section of the trail than they thought. (4) Perhaps they wanted to gorge themselves at restaurants and food stores and by running out of food prior to arriving in town, they would give themselves a nice calorie deficiet and thus, it would be okay to eat 6 Big Macs or 14 pancakes at one meal. (5) It could be a way to try to save money. If they were carrying too much food, they have to give it away, throw it away, put it into the hiker box. If they are carrying too little food, they are sure to eat everything and not spend any money on unneeded food. Of course, you could argue that if you carry extra food into a resupply point that you just buy less new food at this location which is a valid point. (6) Maybe it was just laziness.....=)

[@cityboy4617]

GODBLESS YOU ALL 💘.. YOU ARE FABOLOUS EXAMPLE TO LOOK UP TO FOR KINDLY TEACHING YS ALL HOW TO PREP. UN CASE OF ANEW W.W.111... WHICH IZ GONNA HAPPEN REALY SOON...AND FOR THE PCT...AWESOME VIDEOS

[@timshel011]

Any tips on making snake teriyaki on the trail ?

[@Laufield]

What happen if food out and no money in the PCT?

[@erichighsmith7299]

This does not have to do with Trail Food however I did not find too much info on google about health insurance and thru-hikers? If you or anyone has info on what they did/did not do that would be helpful, I am transitioning out of active duty military and getting into thru-hiking (JMT this summer), insurance is something I never needed to worry about being in the military but now I am almost out I am starting to think about it. Great videos and any advice is appreciated, thanks ;-)

[@AwayWithIngrid]

I have health insurance and did while hiking, but there were some hikers that didn't...

[@samwich0078]

how do resupply boxes work?

[@ManVWorld247]

Does the chunk light tunw go bad ??

[@ttrraaccyy]

Great video. Tried to log into your website. Is it down?

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Tracy Osbourn hi! Yes, it is down at the moment. I am working on editing the whole site, sorry!

[@sanneketting5345]

This was very helpfull! You look beautiful btw!

[@blakedoyle8291]

Just out of curiosity, What grocery store was that?

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Blake Doyle I went to three. The nicer one with all the packaged fresh food was Natural Grocers (love it) and the other two were just local supermarkets.

[@krysmamamia]

How many liters was your bear bag?

[@AwayWithIngrid]

Bear canister was 11.5L

[@LPempty]

Is that hornbachers brand?

[@lindseybast2888]

Did you get sick at all?

[@maksadventures290]

Good video, not to be a hater but rice krispys/marshmellows arent vegetarian just so u know

[@AwayWithIngrid]

I do know now (4 years after making the video) :)

[@adamholbrook2281]

Did you say you that you didn't cook? Do you mean actually cook, or you were stoveless? I'm guessing you were using freezer bag cooking with just boiling water? Thank you for the excellent videos. I've got to watch the rest of them. Take care, hope to see more.

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+Adam Holbrook thanks for watching! I meant that I usually only made a hot meal once a day, if that. And no, no freezer bags were ever used by me!

[@adamholbrook2281]

Thank you for the reply. I'm catching up on your videos now. I should have been patient I'd have seen your stove etc. Lots of great info. Thanks again for sharing.

[@Butchrknife]

Lookin good !! .. If I say so myself

[@selenajones1712]

Good job

[@wstar72]

I like your videos, but could really do with out the background music.

[@AwayWithIngrid]

+wstar72 noted. Thank you for the input!

[@donnyho]

+Away With Ingrid love your vids and the music fits, I like it.

[@midnightrunner684]

That Music Rocks

[@Emisea23]

Wow brisdad53 really got carried away there 😆

[@jofuji8255]

Solo female hiker and a vego. Result! 😄

[@MaineCoonPride]

This is good, but the whistling is annoying.

[@midnightrunner684]

The Whistling Kicks Ass and Rocks

[@Jpetrakakos]

Never heard of people eating dogs on the trail...

[@standingonmountain3975]

Meat is nasty and true nature lover would never eat animals.