by Phil » Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:21 pm
Haha! Gear and food is a whole other subject!
The stove: yeah, something like a Jetboil and an 8oz fuel canister. I've got a lot of stoves for different situations and various reasons, but I generally prefer a larger pot than the Jetboil comes with. My go-to set is a Brunton Vesta stove, a Snow Peak Trek 1400 pot, a long-handled REI Lexan spoon, a 20oz Ti mug, and sometimes a StS Delta bowl. It's all a matter of personal preference though, and everyone is going to have a different favorite kit.
Food: Freeze dried meals and some soups for dinners, we do lots of dried fruit at all meals and for snacks, sometimes salami for lunch, oatmeal and more dried fruit for breakfast (freeze dried eggs suck),and we live on Powerbars. Starbucks coffee and Snapple diet iced tea packets at the beginning and end of the day are big for us as well. Find foods that you like, are high on carbs and protein, and that can be found in lightweight form. And don't forget that it's all going to have to fit into a bear canister, along with scented toiletries, etc that you're going to have to either rent for $5 when you pick up your permit, or buy ahead of time.
You have a lot of decisions to make and gear to buy. Before you do, ask those of us here that have probably tried it all, and rejected most of it. Learning curves for outdoor equipment can be steep and expensive, and there's no substitute for figuring out what works and doesn't through someone else's experience.