What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike

Post by briHass » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 1:53 PM UTC

notspanishflu wrote: post #164

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The best foods for backpacking are actually peanut butter, salami (depending on the brand), cheese, and nutella. They all have roughly the same calorie density at about 70% fat. Toblerone actually comes surprisingly close (even compared to other chocolates/candies). Raman noodles or tortillas or something like that are generally used as a carrier for those foods to keep you sane, but they aren't very good from a weig…

I don't think is a good idea to feed a healthy activity with unhealthy palm oil. That peanut butter has palm oil probably, but Nutella has it for sure. Palm oil is very bad for your health, and it's very bad for the environment.

Post by 24gttghh » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

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The CT is about 500 miles long and has about 90,000 feet of accumulated elevation gain, which averages out to 3,200 feet over each 18 miles. That's not especially much for mountain hiking. One thing that makes the CT a bit harder is that it lies mostly at altitudes over 10,000 feet, where the air is thinner. Hiking 18 miles/day is quite an effort in any case, but still doing it on a hike like the CT is something the…

"One thing that makes the CT a bit harder is that it lies mostly at altitudes over 10,000 feet, where the air is thinner. Hiking 18 miles/day is quite an effort in any case, " Altitude would stop a lot of people. How long to acclimatise living at sea level?

Post by gjjrfcbugxbhf » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 2:00 PM UTC

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I'm willing to bet money that the single determining factor that led you to different results was the amount of sleep. 5 hours is not even enough for a sedentary person, much less someone riding a bike all day. The more you work out the more sleep you need. I'm guessing the author got at least 8 hours a night, or however much was enough to fully recover.

I'm reading a book on breaking the two hour marathon and one pro (I cant remember her name at the moment) sleeps 16 hours a day when her training peaks

Post by sandeatr » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 2:07 PM UTC

bootload wrote: post #118

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""One thing that stuck out with me is that they only hiked for 8 hours/day. That seems like a light day! compared to these races," Actually, this is probably true. 8 hours a day, averaging 18 miles per day for 486 miles over 29 days is not that much. I don't see where they say they had 20kg packs, which is quite high weight for a thru-hiker. (EDIT: See now where he says he had 40 pound pack, which is probably at heav…

" 8 hours a day, averaging 18 miles per day for 486 miles over 29 days is not that much." Have you done this?

Post by dec0dedab0de » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 2:07 PM UTC

hodder wrote: post #182

We can say with relative certainty that the body fat measurements are incorrect and can be discarded. When you see glaring errors such as the assumption that the author was 5% body fat at the end of his hike,it makes you question the other metrics as well. To the authors credit he points out that bioelectrical impedance is flawed. Cool hike though!