Take enough food on your next hiking/biking/backpacking adventure without overdoing it
RightOnTrek is ideal for people who would rather spend time hiking than shopping. It comes conveniently packed and ready to go directly into your backpack. Just add water and you’re ready to hike.
At its most basic, you log on and answer seven preference questions. From there you select how many days you plan to hike, add up to five days worth of meals to your cart, check out and pay.
They’ve already calculated calories per day needed for various hikes and they package them so you don’t need to take more than you’ll eat.
That’s exactly where I went wrong the first time I went backpacking. Granted I was thinking about myself and four of my boys, but I trekked for four days with about four pounds more than we ever ate. I think they all packed heavy as well, albeit not as ridiculous as me. Lesson learned.
Assuming you aren’t a picky eater, RightOnTrek ships you enough to meet the calorie count per day you selected, and you are ready to pack it into your backpack.
I mention being a picky eater because it’s easy to delete items from the daily suggestion list, but I haven’t figured out how to add substitute items to take the place of other deleted ones. (Still experimenting.) What I did do was bring up five meals, even though I only wanted two, and then picked the best of the five. That worked pretty well.
Here’s a typical two-day plan:
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I just ordered a two-day supply on March 17, and sure enough, on March 25, one week later, my package arrived.
Perfectly packed
Upon opening the box, it was evident that this was a well thought out endeavor. My two days meals were each packed in separate ziplock bags, with a suggestion that the bags be used to collect your empty packets and that you pack them out with you, instead of littering.
Private rant: I’m always disappointed by the number of people who think nothing of leaving their trash wherever they go. I’ll stop there.
A third small bag included my requested condiments: salt and pepper. Each day’s bag of food weighed approximately 20 oz. and was the requested 2,400 calories.
They also include a small Recipe Book which has preparation hints, nutritional information, and instructions on how to select the best pots to take along, how much food to plan and how much fuel you’ll need to cook your meals.
Importantly, each bag is packed such that they can be cross-stacked, bottom-to-top and top-to-bottom, to save space in your pack. This two full days’ worth of meals stack to just 8”x9”x4”.
I’m looking forward to using my new Hex Solo 6-in-1 Mess Kit with these meals on my next backpacking adventure. Both the mess kit and these bags are studies in compactness.
Easy to prepare
The basic premise used in food selection is to provide two hot meals per day and “no-preparation-needed” lunch and snacks for the rest of the day.
That makes a lot of sense, as you’ll usually be at a campsite in the morning before you leave and at dinnertime, at the end of the days hike. I know I always enjoy a warm meal after a day of hiking.
Most all the hot meals can be prepared with just water, from 6 to 16 oz. each, depending on the individual meal.
But there’s more
When you get to the RightOnTrek website you’ll discover it’s a wealth of information for hikers and backpackers, besides just the nutrition. They have two maps of great trails to hike across the country and around the world.
There are also 77 (presently) hike plans with detailed elevation changes, points of interest, water supply locations and more.
Check out all they offer at RightOnTrek and enjoy the meals when you’re on the trail.
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