The Appalachian Trail Food Planner

Long-distance hikers on the Appalachian Trail need 4,000 or more calories a day to keep on walkin'--and have to carry most of it on their backs! Before the husband and son of Lou Adsmond of Grand Rapids, Michigan, set out to hike the whole trail, then 2,169 miles, she was determined that they would eat well. From that experience, she has laid out how to plan "food drops" by mail and prepared recipes for home preparation of variable meals (not EveryNightNoodles), adding tear-out tabs with cooking instructions to be dropped into the ingredients' baggies. Illustrated.