Performance Nutrition for Backpacking, Part 1: Optimal Trail Fuel

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This video uses published, scientific studies to discuss the detailed characteristics of macronutrition for hikers and backpackers. It allows you to make meal plans that optimize not just the carry-efficiency of your Calories, but the performance aspects as well. Get specific data on over 1000 real-world, hiker-favorite foods in the downloadable chart! (linked below)
Topics covered include carb/protein ratios and the relative importance of fats vs carbs in the Calorie budget of various intensities of exercise. Part 1 covers Breakfast and Trail Snacks, while Part 2 will include the important Recovery Snack, and Dinner. Part 3 is on Hydration Strategies and Part 4 discusses Electrolyte Balance.
PLEASE NOTE: food labels sometimes change. Some of the specific items referenced in the video may have had their calories adjusted. The chart has been updated to version 2.0! Over 320 freeze-dried meals are now included, new tools for menu planning and nutrition calculation have been added, and key existing items have been corrected for accuracy.
Watch the video about the chart update:
• Hiker Food Chart 2.0 (...
Watch the video series on Performance Nutrition for Backpackers:
• Hiker Food
Download the Hiker Food Chart 2.5:
PDF Version:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u1vt57...
Excel Version:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bgwzfi...
0:00 Opening
0:16 Introduction
1:15 Metabolism basics (sources of muscle energy)
1:58 Beyond just carbs (Introducing Protein for endurance)
4:45 Introducing Fat as endurance energy
5:07 Thermic Effect of Food (digestive efficiency)
6:08 Fat as Fuel
10:32 Backpacking energy breakdown picture
11:01 Summing up: energy use during endurance exercise
12:30 Briefly addressing fat concerns
13:13 Hiking is calorie deprivation
14:24 Developing dietary recommendations
15:43 The 4 Eating Events during hiking
15:58 Breakfast
18:06 Glycemic Index and the Food Energy Relay
21:03 The Optimal Trail Fuel Formula
23:42 From Theory to actual food (the Food Chart)
A Google Sheets version of the Food Chart posted by Buck Crockett (Thanks!):
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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@MattCorkum 2 месяца назад

Dude is just casually offering a free university course. This is fantastic work!

@GearSkeptic 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I do appreciate that.

@sebastianleroux9765 3 года назад

So glad that person made a post about you on r/ultralight. These videos are amazing!!!!

@djg5950 3 года назад

I didn't hear about him on Ultralight but someone mentioned him in the comments on Second Chance Hiker's videos. Cory (2nd Chance) MacDonald is on an extreme weight loss journey and has been doing it by thru hiking (or trying to). I've always known that weight loss and maintaining that weight loss is calories in; calories out and fuel (food) is just as important if not moreso as the exercise you do. That is simplifying it because it depends on what type of fuel, what type of exercise, duration and intensity of exercise. This guy explains it all ! It's a bit hard to absorb all this first time around (for those of us that don't have a sponge for a brain) but the info is all here. Great ! Now I can study and decide on which foods (I have to like some of them - I tend to like natural, non processed foods like nuts and oatmeal, whole grains, fruit, veggies, etc..). I've been trying to find info like this to plan the best trail foods to optimize weight loss but give me the energy to actually hike up those hills because everyone knows that the AT is all uphill. Now to see where avocados land on this chart. Heavy (so probably lower) but one of my favorite foods. Olives, too. Gotto check it out closer.

@davidbarrett4586 3 года назад

That’s how I found it too! Working my way through all of them.

@ericbeauchamp7385 3 года назад

The density of useful information in this video literally makes me misty eyed. THANK YOU!

@BestFeminist 3 года назад

lots of kcal/wow?

@Jeffw82191 3 года назад

This is incredible. I'm completely restructuring the way I eat on the trail and I can't believe I stumbled upon this. THANK YOU

@lindadority3375 2 года назад

AGREED!!

@aacha548 Год назад

be careful about eating only 7% of protein.

@adamscott9595 2 года назад

This series of videos has revolutionised my approach to nutrition on the trail, and for that I will be eternally grateful. One thought I had while on my last hike was whether there was any way to consider the bioavailability of different foods. It occurred to me that the sesame bar I had in my hand had a good number of calories by weight, but all those little seeds might pass through me with minimal benefit...

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks! I’m glad if it helps. Part 2 has information of the bioavailability of various protein sources, but I haven’t found a general database for other food types.

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

0:00 Opening 0:16 Introduction 1:15 Metabolism basics (sources of muscle energy) 1:58 Beyond just carbs (Introducing Protein for endurance) 4:45 Introducing Fat as endurance energy 5:07 Thermic Effect of Food (digestive efficiency) 6:08 Fat as Fuel 10:32 Backpacking energy breakdown picture 11:01 Summing up: energy use during endurance exercise 12:30 Briefly addressing fat concerns 13:13 Hiking is calorie deprivation 14:24 Developing dietary recommendations 15:43 The 4 Eating Events during hiking 15:58 Breakfast 18:06 Glycemic Index and the Food Energy Relay 21:03 The Optimal Trail Fuel Formula 23:42 From Theory to actual food (the Food Chart)

@Kean775 8 месяцев назад

"Who is this masked hero?" First video of yours I've seen. That was BRILLIANT! A HUGE THANK YOU!

@GearSkeptic 8 месяцев назад

🥸

@eryn5756 3 месяца назад

I got here from a recommendation on a JMT Facebook group. I've spent hours watching your videos and I am totally amazed. This is EXACTLY what the backpacking community needs - I agree with another comment that said it should be required watching! Thank you SO MUCH for this invaluable and selfless service. Please don't stop making content.

@GearSkeptic 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much! That is deeply appreciated, and I am very glad if it helps.

@franksom8937 4 года назад

Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos! Quality content. I appreciate it. Cheers!

@kurtisf3366 2 года назад

I can’t believe the work you put into these videos. Thanks for all this great work!

@FH-cj6ev 3 года назад

Thank you for this video. I really appreciate the scientific approach and analysis and I will definitely check out the other videos in the series.

@rogerc7972 3 года назад

WOW! Thanks for all your hard work - most useful!

@emmah.188 3 года назад

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for the information with sources and evidence.

@mariewalsh999 3 года назад

This series of videos is seriously one of the most valuable and helpful tools I’ve encountered. Thank you for the time and work you put into this. I’ve had to rethink some of my “trail favorites” (like cheese, tuna, knorr meals and carnation). Wow!!! Would be worth mentioning that at high altitude, it is substantially harder for our digestive system to process calories from fat and carbs for a multitude of factors. So, another factor to consider when thinking of % carbs. But... wow!!! This was fantastic. Thank you!!!!!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Good tip! Thanks very much!

@jadonswan2706 3 года назад

This channels gonna blow up if you keep up this kinda work lol, super impressed. Thank you

@ericbeauchamp7385 3 года назад

LOVE this video. So much research and very intelligent guesses. This will definitely help me, thanks!

@OneNvrKnoz Год назад

Another well-researched video that was incredibly informative. Thank you!

@wouterberend Год назад

Thank you for your effort and making the hiker food list available for free! Learned a lot

@SalParadise3868 3 года назад

Incredible work! Thank you so much for sharing. So nice to see actual science based info on this subject. I used your spreadsheet to supplement my own which was lacking severely!

@ahmedhumayun8512 Год назад

Wow! The level of detail and so thorough. This is excellent, wish I had seen this before.

@visnuexe 2 года назад

I loved how you tackled the complexity of nutrition in this. And I learned some cool stuff!

@dabeastoo8 2 года назад

Your channel is extremely helpful, thank you so much for all the work you put into this!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

You are most welcome, and thanks for saying so!

@jimbernard8964 2 года назад

Just found this series. Pure gold! Thank you so much!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Awesome. Thanks!

@alpinescience 3 года назад

Well done sir! I struggled with eating way too many simple carbs on my PCT thru but even experienced periods of drag after complex carbs like pasta, I couldn't get it right .... taking carbs out altogether three years ago has changed everything. After an initial 3 month period of fat adaptation and training, I found I had more consistent energy, less of an appetite and felt better all around. My first high fat / low carb trip more than a handful of days was walking the Tahoe Rim Trail was this summer, for 11 days and was much more consistent and on point energy wise than my trips when I used to eat carbs. Then I walked the Colorado Trail but since this was a four or five week walk, found I struggled with variety a few weeks in, so incorporated some carbs for flavor in .... honestly, didn't like how it made me feel, so I do regret the experiment but I learned from it and variety and keeping things fun is what I'll have to work on in the future. I was consistently leaving town with 3 - 5 pounds of peanut butter though and didn't burn out on it, so that played out better than I was expecting. Thanks again for putting so much time into this video, it's amazing!

@robertphillips93 3 года назад

Lots of n=1 studies going on these days . . . one thing to consider if you try further investigations, is that blood insulin levels just a little above minimum fasted state will shut down the fatty acid fuel pipeline. To my way of thinking, that means insulin signaling should only be given when adequate carbs and glycogen are available. And it should be avoided when fat is the preferred fuel. This means carbs and fats shouldn't be consumed together, at least in significant amounts. (Fats eaten with carbs are stored for later use. If every meal/snack has carbs, later never comes . . . or comes in the middle of the night, when unneeded.)

@Oberonbob 3 года назад

This is fantastic. Thank you very much.

@purplealmondwellness8903 Год назад

Thank you so much for all of your hard work. This video was wonderful and the chart is nothing short of amazing. Thank you again.

@GearSkeptic Год назад

You are most welcome! I hope it helps!

@alexisgomez353 Месяц назад

Absolutely love your video and your chart. Thank you for taking the time and sharing.

@GearSkeptic Месяц назад

You are very welcome! I hope it is helpful.

@larryconley6801 3 года назад

This is amazing information. I love that you explain the science behind your choices and I'm a nut for a good spreadsheet!

@joshua970101 3 года назад

Seriously amazing work! I'm glad I found your channel!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thanks very much! I really appreciate it.

@kevinthewild 3 года назад

This is great information. Your videos deserve 1000x more views. I appreciate the work you put into this.

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thanks much. That means a lot.

@iBuyGeorgiacom 18 дней назад

I've converted my diet to fat/protien heavy with some fruit and veggies. Have been contemplating a through hike and have worried about having to eat a high carb/sugar diet of crap for an extended period of time. This is the exact information I needed. Thanks so much - this is gold!

@brandinsnyder6722 2 года назад

This video is phenomenal. I am on a binge!!! Thank you so much for all that you do, all knowing GearSkeptic

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks much!

@g.a.l.d.r.i.c 2 года назад

I just found this channel by chance and it's blowing my mind. Thanks for putting all this info in such an easy and useful way

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.

@u4ea1982 3 года назад

Great video - thanks for sharing. The amount of work that you put into this is impressive! Kudos!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thanks! I appreciate that.

@kevineggleston9930 7 месяцев назад

This was truly enlightening, thank you!

@GearSkeptic 7 месяцев назад

You’re very welcome! I hope it can help.

@jpanosky 2 года назад

Amazing. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this.

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

You are most welcome! I hope it can help.

@VladimirPrsic 3 месяца назад

Absolutely legendary!

@BurroGirl 2 года назад

I can't watch this too many times - it's so packed w great info! Thank you SOOOOOO much for the massive amount of research, effort, and time you put into this project. I've been through the other parts a couple times already too but plan on going over them again w a notepad.

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

I am so glad if any of it can help! 🙂

@jessiporch7715 3 года назад

@14:10 Strangely enough, I actually gained about 15 pounds when I thru hiked the AT. I knew early on the importance of fat, and boy did I eat a lot of it. For instance, when I town I sometimes put butter on my french fries (it's delicious, especially on steak fries). I also carried lots of peanut butter and olive oil. Anyway, back to the video. I'm loving this series.

@BestFeminist 2 года назад

In Europe they use mayo instead of ketchup, but their mayonnaise is flavored slightly different. Finding out that mayo is shelf stable (opened) was a big eye opener for me. A small jar of mayo might get packed for me and my dogs, because of what I have researched on this topic, but it is controversial.

@pocketmouse1189 2 года назад

New to backpacking - this was such an informative and well researched video. Thanks so much for providing the macro sheet. Added to my resources folder!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks! I’m very glad if it can help!

@kathya7397 2 года назад

This has been extremely helpful and impressive - wow, incredible amount of work put in to your analysis. I liked how you referenced other sources ie. trials, tests, etc

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks! I'm very glad to help!

@jeffrey-bc1ig Год назад

Been watching your videos for over a year and you deserve wayyy more subs. Excellent presentation and information

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Thank you! Very kind and much appreciated!

@Kicking_Crow 2 года назад

Okay, not only do I think your content and level of detail is amazing and has me reevaluating my food choices...I absolutely adore your outros. Thanks ever so much for helping to inform us and making me smile too!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Very kind of you! I’m so happy to help.

@robertphillips93 3 года назад

Outstanding! Fifty years ago, the BSA handbook published the relative caloric values of carbs and fats. Since that time, few have investigated how hikers might benefit from those facts. I looked, though perhaps not so thoroughly as you. However, for both hikers and the sedentary, there is one significant detail (I believe) you don't mention -- when blood glucose, or more exactly insulin, rises much, the fatty acid fuel mechanism shuts down. This insulin signaling is a central feature of our metabolism. Optimal cooperation with and recognition of our morning fasted state suggests a breakfast of fats, but probably not in the form of a couple of pulls on that bottle of EVOO! Maybe 300 calories of European butter or MCT oil (which can now be found in powder form) in the tea or coffee. Extending lower blood insulin levels also gives the body a longer period of tissue and cell repair. Also, it does take time to become fully fat-adapted, so it is probably important for those accustomed to a lower fat diet to increase fats well before hitting the trail. And for any who are concerned about that, the American College of Cardiology has recently published a study reversing their longstanding warning about the "risk" of saturated dietary fat. (To be sure, there are unhealthy inflammatory fats, but the seed oils containing them are avoidable.)

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Good points, all. Thanks!

@mattkinker1836 Год назад

This is wonderful. Thank you!

@GearSkeptic Год назад

You are most welcome!

@brucehalen1453 Год назад

Very, very helpful. Thanks for. looking at exercise fuel in a scientific way.

@terrivelazquez4974 2 года назад

You put an unbelievable amount of work into these videos and I can’t thank you enough. Also, excellent outro! 😂

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thank you so much! 😋

@eric55406 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the useful analysis on this and all these topics! I find this one particularly useful for understanding the macro needs of backpacking for meal and snack planning. You have earned a new subscriber.

@GearSkeptic 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, and you’re very welcome! I’m always glad if it can help.

@DanielStipe 2 месяца назад

This is unbelievable--pure gold. My mind is blown. You have unlocked more key concepts in the last hour than I have discovered on my own in the last 2 years. All your videos are thorough, well-researched, concise, funny, and incredibly helpful. I am recommending your stuff to everybody I know. I can't believe you don't have a million views on each of these videos. Soon enough, we hope.

@GearSkeptic 2 месяца назад

That is very kind of you! And, sincerely appreciated.

@billannalisatrueduerden4846 3 года назад

So glad I saw a reference to your video on FB...an incredible amount of information that has changed the way I look at backpacking foods. And I really appreciate you sharing your spreadsheet. Made for an easy way to determine net carbs so I can try to stay on Keto during my hike. Thank you!!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Very glad I could help, and thanks very much!

@obscuredbythecloud1175 3 года назад

This info is great! Thank you so very much for sharing!

@laurahelpfulthanksforshari9539 Год назад

fabulously helpful- science based advice!!! THANK YOU for the info and the great chart.

@GearSkeptic Год назад

You are most welcome! I hope it can help.

@InventorGadget 2 года назад

Excellent summary - you can count on that I'll put it to good use this coming hiking season! Big thanx from snowy ❄️🌨️ Sweden ;)

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

You are most welcome! Glad to help.

@kevindavenport3480 11 месяцев назад

Great information. Thanks

@scratchinpassion4719 Год назад

this was presented very well!

@seedmole 2 года назад

Well, from this and the calorie density video, I feel pretty reassured in my choice to stock up on pro meal bars. Also feels good that the flavors I picked all were among the denser choices. My trail food choices for this summer is looking to be Stretch Island fruit leathers, Probar meal bars, and Saltstick chewable electrolytes. Still need to figure out my dinner choices, but feels good to have the rest of that solved.

@RVingRevealed 3 года назад

Great information! Thank you for investing your time and providing insight into nutrition for backpacking!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

You are welcome, and thanks!

@BestFeminist 2 года назад

There must have been hours and hours of research for each of the videos

@CrowMagnumMan2024 Год назад

Excellent...!!!!

@charliemcdowell5231 3 месяца назад

man this is so cool. I love your videos! thank you for all your hard work. I know I'll have my challenges cut out for me when I finally get to the AT. Eating a subset of the ketogenic diet is going to require some creativity and almost certainly involve carrying more weight on the trail. I simply don't want to go back to how I felt consuming carbohydrates. This info is still very useful to me for what snacks i'll pack for my girlfriend for short trips.

@stephenbaretich7166 2 года назад

This is an incredible series. I'm greatly looking forward to continuing through your back catalog!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks! I hope it doesn’t disappoint.

@BestFeminist 2 года назад

Even with a decent grasp of these nutritional subjects, these videos are a wealth of knowledge, somewhat overwhelming, but that is simply because of the massive amount of information discussed. Don't get frustrated, as I need to watch the videos multiple times each to grasp some of the nuances.

@brianwofford3831 2 года назад

Okay, I have watched two of your videos now and I want to thank you for your research and presentation. About 10 percent of the time you go over my head. At the end of your videos I have to really reflect on the bullit point I got from the video.

@richardmichael1445 2 года назад

Home run...fantastic info ...I never knew or bothered to find out deep enough. I do long hikes over many days...I will try out your advice in my training . Thanks very much Richard Oxford 🇬🇧

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks, and I hope it helps!

@jonny4182 2 года назад

I have to say I am not a through hiker just a camper for the most part and this is so fascinating it makes me want to try to do some short section hikes

@bestnews4you 3 года назад

The amount of work you have put into this is mind-boggling. Awesome! It is helping me greatly.

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thanks very much! So glad it helps.

@BestFeminist 2 года назад

Heard Jordan Peterson explain how to speak articulately, and one of the suggestions was only teaching what you know Ten Times more information about. The amount of research that you put into these videos shows, as does your knowledge base as well.

@chrispotts510 Год назад

This whole series is absolutely legendary! You've opened my eyes to thinking about trail food completely differently, aaaand the chart is VERY impressive good sir👍 thank you🙏

@GearSkeptic Год назад

You are most welcome, and thanks as well!

@codiephilo6647 2 года назад

Dude just did his own meta analysis.

@lynnew4111 Год назад

You are geek-a-licious. Thank you for the incredible amount of work you have done. I dehydrate my own food and have hiked full keto (for weight and calorie density) and a mix of clean carb plus heavy fat content. I am really excited about the nutritional balance rigor you have and about the concept of the recovery snack, as I continue to have calf cramps that are unpredictable and am interested in anything that might help.

@austinkopp9811 3 года назад

This data is very appreciated. Thank you!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Most welcome!

@illoyd 9 месяцев назад

Incredible. Thank you.

@KelvinNicholson 3 года назад

My food has been refined to be very calorie dense, but now can look at % breakdowns. Can’t wait to expand my food spreadsheet! Fantastic video. Thank you for putting it out there.

@katiemayer9122 Год назад

I feel like I finally understand nutrition for the first time in my life! Thank YOU so much for YOUR time!! P.s. Your comprehensive, analytical style is so relieving and makes everything make sense. Thanks!!!

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Thank you so much! I am always glad if any of it helps!

@rossfinman9148 Год назад

This is an outdoorsy nerd in his element. Absolutely brilliant and so useful.

@GearSkeptic Год назад

🤓

@ashylarry321 6 месяцев назад

This is seriously one of the best video's I've stumbled up on RU-vid. Such amazing information! I love the focus on all of the nutrients that hikers specifically need. Would you ever consider making a video of actually walking into a smaller grocery store and picking stuff for a resupply? Walking into a smaller gas station? I feel like it's easy to sit at home and buy things off the internet, yet on a long thru hike passing through towns I feel like my nutrition plans always suffer from lack of options. Thank you sooo much for all your work! Especially that spreadsheet, simply incredible 🙌

@GearSkeptic 6 месяцев назад

Thanks much! I think the trick is to take away some basic rules for how to select foods. I go for density first, so look for stuff containing nuts, seeds, coconut. Fattier meats like salami or beef sticks over lean jerky. Fried foods like potato chips. As far as carb/protein ratios go, there isn’t much intuitive you can do. I have to look at labels. It doesn’t have to be precise. I’ll look at protein, then figure what carbs would be good. 6g of protein, for instance would pair well with 18 to 24g of carbs (gets you between 3:1 and 4:1 ratios). Over time, you’ll get quicker at sorting through the options!

@texicon Год назад

Great analysis!!! Not just this video- the entire series! From a biochem guy.

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Thanks much! That means a lot!

@sheila5707 2 года назад

Well presented research on this topic. I came to look for the best type of food to bring on a week-long backpacking trip this summer, but the info in this video will also help with a run that I'm doing this weekend. I loved your analogy of ATP being recharged by the Glucose power bank. Such a great well rounded lesson. Thanks!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks! I’m always glad if any of it can help.

@geneball211 Год назад

great information, thanks

@tylernblaney 3 года назад

This. Was. Outstanding! I cannot thank you enough. :)

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

@shelaine22 3 года назад

Seriously, this should be required viewing for every backpacker! Really top notch info cited from reliable sources. It's really opened my eyes to some of my food choices in regards to the weight-benefit ratio! Amazing!

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thank you so much!

@aacha548 Год назад

If every hiker starts eating only 7% protein they'll soon find themselves with a variety of health problems. Also some of this info is contradicted in others that i easily found when cross checking. For instace the ratio of fat to carbs for exercise is more like 50/50.

@typo4000 Год назад

I've been rather working backwards through your presentations, but had been hesitant about nutrition. I'm not a through hiker, so wasn't sure about its relevance to me. This was great. I think nutrition was covered in a single lecture of my undergraduate course many decades ago and science has moved on a bit. It did put me in mind of a good friend who died two years ago this month. His standard food pack for a day in the mountains was a banana, a packet of oat cakes, a can of sardines in olive oil, and a bar of black chocolate. Starting to make some sense! Not sure how much of your chart is available in the UK, but I'll certainly pay more attention to the labelling.👍👍👍

@andylewis4695 2 года назад

Great resource. Glad I stumbled into your channel. May you get billionions of subscribers.

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks!

@Skeptic2006 2 года назад

I'm so glad I found these videos. These are absolute gold for my upcoming first thru-hike. Now to research what of these foods are available on european Amazon because that is where I'll be buying it all. Unfortunately mostly the largest US companies have stuff there with free shipping.

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

Thanks, and best of luck!

@bushcraftbasics2036 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for making these.

@GearSkeptic 11 месяцев назад

My pleasure, and I'm glad if they can help at all!

@kriellian6318 3 года назад

Amazing information...and explained so clearly. I'll end up completely refiguring the food supplies for the AT next spring...and save a boatload of weight in the process.

@GearSkeptic 3 года назад

Thanks much! Glad it helps.

@Mwilke3789 2 месяца назад

This is amazing. This is exactly the video I've been looking for. I've been carnivore for 2 years (autoimmune issues are massively down now) and it's been life changing being fat fueled. I've recently gotten into hiking and soon to be backpacking and I am curious to see how this plays out energy wise. This information is great and aligns with most of the research I've read the last two years.

@SouperPooper 3 года назад

Excellent info, thanks!

@ronniekotler9265 Год назад

Man, all I can say is, I am not the sharpest pencil on the desk but I really fine your videos so interesting from a scientific standpoint, they make so much sense. Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into it. you belong in the backpacker Hall of Fame.

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Neither am I, so I really appreciate you saying that. Thanks much!

@MokuNui808 3 года назад

So much information!!! This needs to be taught in schools across the country!!

@BestFeminist 2 года назад

Yes, backpacking topics and nutrition would help our society, right along with swapping out the spare tire, filing taxes, and firearms safety training.

@lynds3731 2 года назад

Thank you for all the work. This information is amazing!

@GearSkeptic 2 года назад

You’re welcome!

@227oldtrees Год назад

Wow, thank you very much!

@GearSkeptic Год назад

You are very welcome!

@ShinigamiOni Год назад

Really helps to have foraging knowledge

@chanchchanchellor1545 Год назад

Great video

@Tobez Год назад

Amazing video with great info. Thank you for making this, its exactly what I was looking for

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Glad to help!

@DJD5b Год назад

Who would've thought that a random Reddit comment could bring me to one of the best hiking focused youtubers out there. Thank you so much for your work and thank you for always including the conversions for the (superior) metric folk out there ;)

@GearSkeptic Год назад

Thanks again! I really appreciate it.