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.
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!
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 🎉
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.
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).
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.
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!
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.
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)
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.
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!
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 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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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 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
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. 👍
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"!
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.❤️
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.
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!
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.
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 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?
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.
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 ✌️
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
Question I have been meaning to ask - you have switched to micro trail TA poles from the vario. What are you doing about getting your poles to the correct height for tent pitch?
@@ChaseMountains Fair, good to know. I really liked the look of the trigger shark system but perhaps it is not to be (as I really don't want carbon fibre ones)!
What brand of mushrooms are you using? I’ve read that the dried ones can retain bacteria that dehydration cooks out and you called these ones dehydrated so I’m wondering if that’s actually different from something labeled “dried” or it’s just semantics.
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 ?
Oct 6th im on the hrp for 2 weeks..your videos have been great and given me many useful ways to improve my trip. What about the bears mate? Have u met any yet? Its my only paranoia on the hrp...any advice ? Thks for your help and guidance on so much.
I seriously doubt you’ll see a bear, I’ve never met a hiker in the Pyrenees who’s seen one. I guess that if you see one, you should make a lot of noise as to not surprise it hahha
It's not something I have one single video on, because it's a complex mix of a few different systems, but we're discussing these things in my discord if you want to join the link is above!
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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.
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!
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 🎉
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 ^^
Awesome, Chase. Thanks for consistently bringing the A+ content.
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.
Another great and very usefull video for a beginner hiker like me ! Thank you for sharing with us your experience and tips !
Really wholesome, extremely pleasant & fun to watch, great content 🤙🏽
I loved "The Final Count Down!" Your videos are useful, fun and inspiring.
That is a really good video, thanks! Really had me laughing at those final countdown vocals :D
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).
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!
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.
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!
thanks Chase, hearing you articulate my thoughts, helped to alleviate the feeling of guilt for eating junk food(mainly sugars) during my hikes ;)
Bro I love watching your stuff. Only thing keeping me going between hikes
Ohh a romantic! Having several dates in the mountains.
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 hit the like button, looking forward to the next episode of CMTV Cribs!
Badass looking hike. I bet that Estrella hit, sir!
killer content as usual brother. keep it up, can see this channel blowing up to like 500k subscribers in a few years
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!
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?
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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)
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.
This was so helpful! Would be great to see updates as time passes. This is such a tricky subject. Thank you for sharing!
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!
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!)
really enjoyed this one and picked up some great tips :) thanks for what u do dude!!!!
😂 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.
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!!
Enjoyed watching this
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!
Man I want to start doing more of this. Noone wants to go with me and I'm not too experienced.
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.
Oh boy, I've been laughing sooo hard during the final countdown😂
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!
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!
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
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
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. 👍
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!👍
lol - oreo for the win! that gave us energy during our long, steep hike!
vienna sausages are my go to. light, fatty, salty calories, plus juice ;)
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.
loving your videos, aside from the great adventure you had I am also learning! ❤️
This might be a stupid question but is there a heapthier alternative you could do? Less processed things?😅
Really, really good video. Thank you.
Hey Thanks Love it big guy
"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"!
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.❤️
Yep nice house, calories I find hard to keep up. Hiking food is tasteless am now looking into a dehydration unit.
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.
Awesome vid man
curious, the reason behind the "cold soak" is to save the weight and space of a stove and fuel? thanks
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!
may I suggest taking natural peanut butter which has lotsa calories but also good oils
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
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.
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
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
Wow, Chase, post covid, you are amazing and loving the video❣
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!
Great video! Thanks
Love the dream house Chase 👍 😊and once again a brilliant video
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?
I enjoy long romantic walks to the fridge.
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.
If you eat sausage, you get salts from there. Do you still need extra salts/electrolytes in your drink?
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 ✌️
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)
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!
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
what cup do you use there?
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.
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?
Well, I guess I found my new favorite youtuber!
I cant access the discord. Is there an updated link?
Cold soaking rice flakes, that's a first. Unless you like them crunchy.
give it 30 minutes its not crunchy at all!
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!
Question I have been meaning to ask - you have switched to micro trail TA poles from the vario. What are you doing about getting your poles to the correct height for tent pitch?
Yeah that did pose a problem hahah. I ended up swapping them for a standard leki telescopic pole
@@ChaseMountains Fair, good to know. I really liked the look of the trigger shark system but perhaps it is not to be (as I really don't want carbon fibre ones)!
What brand of mushrooms are you using? I’ve read that the dried ones can retain bacteria that dehydration cooks out and you called these ones dehydrated so I’m wondering if that’s actually different from something labeled “dried” or it’s just semantics.
Oh shit! Might be worth looking into that! Thanks!
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
wheres is this hike taking place??? It looks amazing
Spain, I think
Where is the eating mug with the cap from?
It's a peanut butter jar 🤣
So what’s the deal w goji berries? I see so many hiking channels use them
It's it possible to have an adequate trail diet without oils and fats?
Probably not wise to try
Where'd you buy that coconut milk powder?
The asian shop down the road haha
Do you usually go alone hiking?
This looks like a nice valley- I`m gonna have three more M&Ms. Glorious! :D :D
What's that bottle/cup/jar?
Pretty sure what you are referring to is an empty peanut butter jar.
@@ChaseMountains easy. Cheap. And light idea. Thanks. Does it leak?
“I was still hungry so I had an Oreo.” Yeah, that must’ve filled you right up…
A couple of typos on the Risotto recipe "• 2 tbs cup of rice flakes "???? And you said "soak soaking" for "Cold soaking".
Oct 6th im on the hrp for 2 weeks..your videos have been great and given me many useful ways to improve my trip.
What about the bears mate?
Have u met any yet?
Its my only paranoia on the hrp...any advice ?
Thks for your help and guidance on so much.
I seriously doubt you’ll see a bear, I’ve never met a hiker in the Pyrenees who’s seen one. I guess that if you see one, you should make a lot of noise as to not surprise it hahha
@@ChaseMountains thank you i feel more confident after hearing that...keep up the great videos..peace and happiness to you always
Hi. Newish follower. Any videos on improving uphill stamina only?
It's embarrassing how much the up hill takes out of me 😔
It's not something I have one single video on, because it's a complex mix of a few different systems, but we're discussing these things in my discord if you want to join the link is above!