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Hey, a bit of difference from flatlander elevations to 10,000 feet or so for Texans
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Anyway best of luck. On the food part I had a bad experience in Alaska last year. About 3.5 miles from the tent I shot a caribou. I did not eat correctly and ran out of fuel on the pack back. I'm not saying you need tons of food, but especially when exerting yourself you need to stay hydrated (we used mostly gatorade as it also has a bit of sugars) and fueled up. We had the food in camp as we were flown in, but failed to take it with and use as needed.
This fall in 2 weeks I'll be on top of a mountain with a backpack. In there I'll have a spare MRE, and cliff bars, nuts(including me), power gels, power bars. We hurt ourselves in Alaska by not eating a bit at a time as we packed back. It took us till midnight the first day( shot at 6pm) to get gutted,hung and back to camp. Next day we packed the meat in one trip(2 of us). Took us till almost dark to get back that day. Those days were short on nutrition.
Bottom line, you can hunt without that much food, but if you have to pack it some distance after you kill-- be prepared. I didn't have energy enough left when I got to camp to choke down a sandwich hardly.....
According to my triathelete wife the power gels are pretty damn good and taste like cake batter so I'll be taking those mostly for instant fuel. I don't understand how a body can complete a triathalon so if they work for her they'll be fine for us.
Good luck!!! Its been 13 years since I've been in the mountains at 9000 feet. Those topo lines are scaring me!
Jeff
