Thread: What to pack for a 2 day trip - Kaimais

Greetings All,
The area that you can often save a bit of weight is food. People tend to take too much. For an overnight trip try to take stuff that does not need cooking. Muesli for breakfast. You can put this in a plastic bag with a plastic spoon. It can double as some spare food. Sandwiches for lunch with pack proof bread. Salami, cheese sardines or whatever for filling, no need for butter or spread. One of those dehydrated meals you can eat out of the packet for tea. I have often used my large stainless cup on my stove to heat water for drinks so the billy and the bowl could be left behind. Being an old Fudd I have no idea what the power bank is for. If you need it to charge your phone in 2 days you should be talking less and hunting more. After each trip try to identify the things you didn't need and drop them off your list if they appear often.
I heard a story about taking too much food that may have been true. Some trampers noticed that there was always an over supply of food and steadily reduced the amount they took down to nothing at all. Other trampers spotted this and adopted the practise. All went well until all of the non food carrying trampers went on a trip together. There were some awkward moments sitting around waiting for others to produce their food until the awful truth dawned on them. No-one had any. There were some hungry and bashful trampers that emerged from the bush at the end of the trip. True? I hope so.
Regards Grandpamac.