JustOneGuy
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Aug 2024: GR130, Apr 25: Camino Primitivo?
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Hmm. I try to avoid the sugar rush of most so called “sports drinks”. If I think l might be losing electrolytes through excessive sweating (perspiration for the ladies) I’ll use those sachets of salts recommended for diarrhoea sufferers - Dioralyte is a brand that comes to mind other brands are no doubt available and from your friendly local pharmacia. For 20km, even a strenuous 20km I’d not likely carry any food. It’s just weight and unnecessary weight at that. I’ll always have a tin of sardines or tuna in my pack and probably some source of carbs - puffed rice or oatcakes for instance - but not with “lunch” in mind more an unplanned event.
A good breakfast and at least a half an hour to digest it before I tackle the first hill and a full meal as soon as possible after I finish the days walking suit me.
Sugar rush, crash, sugar rush, crash - it’s a great way to have a bad day
Thanks for the suggestion, @Tincatinker: I am considering avoiding the energy drinks, but to be honest, I wouldn't like to stay a full day (I calculated 6-8 hours for the hardest ones) without food, specially in case of an emergency.Hmm. I try to avoid the sugar rush of most so called “sports drinks”. If I think l might be losing electrolytes through excessive sweating (perspiration for the ladies) I’ll use those sachets of salts recommended for diarrhoea sufferers - Dioralyte is a brand that comes to mind other brands are no doubt available and from your friendly local pharmacia. For 20km, even a strenuous 20km I’d not likely carry any food. It’s just weight and unnecessary weight at that. I’ll always have a tin of sardines or tuna in my pack and probably some source of carbs - puffed rice or oatcakes for instance - but not with “lunch” in mind more an unplanned event.
A good breakfast and at least a half an hour to digest it before I tackle the first hill and a full meal as soon as possible after I finish the days walking suit me.
Sugar rush, crash, sugar rush, crash - it’s a great way to have a bad day
In truth, since many decades I do for work, not for leisure, many outdoor activities in very difficult environments and sometime extreme isolation: above 5000 m in the Atacama Desert, or at -80 C in Antarctica, for very long periods (years sometime). In addition, when I was young I did a lot of hiking in the mountains: Alte Vie, Dolomites Apennines. More recently, while I was living there, some hikes in the Chilean Andes. I also climbed a little bit, and did a lot of caving. Let's say I could manage emergency situations.To be blunt, it looks to me like you already know the answers for yourself, but you don't like how much the answers weigh, so you're hoping we have a magic product up our collective sleeves that will work for you that you haven't already thought of.
Unlike many of my Italian compatriots, after several decades abroad I learned to eat everything. But there is a law in Italy that if you are seen eating reheated noodles you automatically lose your citizenship....I always carry a couple of emergency items: 2 cupasoup packets, and a meal of couscous. For me this is half a cup with a teaspoon of dried stock (flavour and salt). I add as hot a water as possible from the tap (just over half a cup), although you can just cold soak it if needs be. Experiment at home!
When that is gone a packet of two-minute noodles.
Yeah, but I don’t think these count, they’re Asian noodlesBut there is a law in Italy that if you are seen eating heated noodles you automatically lose your citizenship....
Using a generic, over the counter anti-diarraheal medication slows down the movement of waste through your GI system. This allows more time for the colon, in particular, to absorb water, which contains all the electrolytes.Thanks guys!
To be honest, @Tincatinker I am not convinced that walking with just some light snacks would be a good idea for me. I have a pretty high metabolism, at least for my age, and I don't want to turn this hike into a race against my permanent hunger. And I would prefer to stop a few times to have a snack AND a (light) lunch. Plus I want to have some emergency food with me in case of an accident, even small, that may delay me one night.
@unadara: OK for crackers and cheese (good idea), but I understand that Dioralyte is for diarrhea. Why did your physio suggest that?
I will certainly add some nuts, @C clearly , Only problem, I go... nuts for them and risk to finish them in the first half an hour... Same with chocolate!
this lady sweats
I'm sorry to flood the forum with new threads these days, but I only made the decision to do this 8-day walk two weeks ago, and I'm starting it in just over one, Saturday, August 24
Now, granted that:
1) I will not do the CF or a "standard" camino but the "Camino Real de la Costa y Medianía," or GR130 (see link), which does not have many refreshment places (zero in some 20+ km stages that are also quite strenuous)
2) I would like to stay within the limit of 3 liters of water (it can get very hot here) and 0.5 kg of food.
What foods and liquids do you suggest I bring?
As for liquids I am thinking of bringing at least half sports drinks, and buy them everytime I find one of those local, small supermarket typical here. What are your thoughts?
As for food, on the other hand, I am rather undecided whether to go for sport bars of the kind used by ultra runners, or bring normal foods such as fruit, bread, ham (dinner will be at some small restaurant or at the Hostel).
Advice as usual very welcome. And thanks as always in advance for your time and comments!
Neeeiiigghhhh, sir. I drip, I don't glow.My Mother always taught me.
"Horses Sweat, Men Perspire and Ladies merely Glow"
Next day fried rigatoni in Ragu is wonderful. You have to fry it enough to get the crispy edges!!Unlike many of my Italian compatriots, after several decades abroad I learned to eat everything. But there is a law in Italy that if you are seen eating reheated noodles you automatically lose your citizenship....
I am joking of course.... Thank you for your excellent advice, Peter!
A few years back (not so many) an article appeared in the Lancet reporting research that the best energy/ pick-up drink was a glass of milk.
De Colores
Bogong
Thanks. I've read that info on multiple occasions, good to know that it's also in such a reputable source.A few years back (not so many) an article appeared in the Lancet reporting research that the best energy/ pick-up drink was a glass of milk.
De Colores
Bogong
That's different, come ooooon....Next day fried rigatoni in Ragu is wonderful. You have to fry it enough to get the crispy edges!!
...Like @Robo, I've never found fresh milk in Spain. I assume it exists but I've just been looking in the wrong places?
That's right, is not easy to find it here.But could I find it on Camino?
Fresh milk seems hard to find in Spain. At least it was on the VdlP.
Love those bottles of Yoghurt!Like @Robo, I've never found fresh milk in Spain. I assume it exists but I've just been looking in the wrong places?
I bought those long life yogurt drinks. Not the most palatable but bearable, also useful for a breakfast on the go, or when you knew that everything was going to be closed.
I am reminded that a diet of bread and water tends to reduce solid waste in the “end.”All of the above (except nutritional).
If I'm somewhere with access to fresh bread I'll happily get a bocadillo etc.
The crackers are for those unexpected occasions - which could be days or even a week down the line.
I also like Pringles chips as they don't get crushed ...
Ok, here's the other thing. Pringles come in different sizes. There is the tall can and the shorter one. I ain't carrying the tall can.Yes, the can of chips works really well! I found it odd that Pringles are readily available in Spain.
-Paul
... also a prank played on others, often while 'assisting' them open the bag by crushing it. There might occasionally be some remnants left in the bag!!On a recent non-camino hike people would actually buy bags of chips and then purposely crush them to save volume. They'd eat them with a spoon.
Sure! But be carefull: once I left a "platano" (banana) in my commuter bag as it slowly went to its bottom.And of course, if in La Palma, then platanos !
When the kids were small, we had banana boxes for them. Litterally, a yellow box shaped as a banana, that we would put in their schoolpack for the almuerzo.joking aside, in my opinion it is better to waste 40 gm and some space in the backpack and put these kinds of products in a plastic box..
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