Backpacking
supplies: Keys to a successful backcountry adventure
Backpacking supplies are highly
specialized items of outdoor equipment. Necessarily light and
compact, backpacking supplies often present clever and innovative
designs. Take backpacking food and food preparation, for example.
What's better after a long day on
the trail than to settle in to a delicious meal in camp? With
freeze-dried food, a staple among backpacking supplies, you can
dine like a gourmet in the time it takes to boil water. You just
add boiling water, stir and wait a few minutes. From bacon and
eggs to beef stroganoff with noodles, food for a week will tuck
neatly into a corner of your pack. A typical pouch weighs only 5 -
6.5 ounces and serves 2 hearty appetites.
Need a stove to heat the water
for those freeze-dried entrees? Small and highly functional,
backpacking stoves are popular choices when shopping for
backpacking supplies. These devices can weigh as little as 8.5
ounces and will boil water in just a few minutes. Often foldable
or collapsible, backpacking stoves take up little weight and space
and are worth having, especially on those cold rainy days when a
hot meal tastes so good.
Now that you've got the food and
the stove, how about some cookware? Ranging in weight from just 5
- 12 ounces, backpacking cookware is ingenious in design. Another
key item among backpacking supplies, a set of cookware usually
consists of a skillet, pot and large cup that doubles as a second
pot. Equipped with folding handles, the components nest together
into a compact unit. With luck, your stove might stow in the
cookware as well, saving even more space in your pack.
Just a few of the many kinds of
backpacking supplies, food and food preparation equipment will
make for delicious and enjoyable meals on your wilderness
adventures.
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About The Author:
Rita Liotta
is a successful author and publisher at
www.1st-at-camping-gear.com. Recommending
camping equipment, tents, backpacks, GPS, binoculars, sleeping
bags, hiking boots, camping stoves, containers, water purifiers,
compasses, topographical maps, pocket knives & hammocks
01-05-04
