He’s not writing a how-to manual. He’s experimenting and trying to challenge himself and make the hike more interesting for himself. He’s hoping to learn as he goes and share what’s working, what’s not. You make it sound like he’s trying to sell you a used car and you’re criticizing the flaws in the car he’s trying to sell you. But he’s not trying to sell you anything. He’s just taking viewers along for the ride and learning what he can. You have a lot of gripes about thru hiking that have nothing to do with quadzilla, his video or his hike.

One of my secret super foods is the small tubes of sunflower seed kernels you can find at most gas stations and convenience stores. They’ve got 340-370 calories per tube, 12+ grams protein and a lot of good salts, also with smaller amounts of iron and magnesium. They used to be 2 for $1, but that’s gone up a bit. Great by themselves and fantastic dumped into any cooked trail concoction. 🍻

I absolutely love this. You are feeding yourself better than most of the other thru hikers I follow 👍 A word on protein: We need all the essential amino acids. Most protein bars use a low quality or plant based protein that is degraded and/or incomplete. We can't store protein so whatever we can't use it gets turned into sugar and at a very poor calorie transfer rate 40-70% (e.g. 100 listed calories is actually 40-70 calories). Animal proteins have all essential Amino acid. Eggs have the highest balanced ratio. Tip: despite the slightly higher cost duck eggs (if available) have the same nutrition as 3 Chicken eggs. They have larger yolks and are significantly denser. A good rule of thumb is Fat and carbs are fuel. Protein is for building. Happy hiking 🥾 P.s. All the hormones that make you happy are made from Cholesterol so if you lose too much weight and don't eat enough animal fats, you literally can't produce happiness.

i dont know what is it about these videos but they hit closer to home than anything else ive seen in the last few years

I think this is the mushroom hike, heck with budget hike. So much fun rock on man. LMK about the Altras 🤔

How long have your hard boiled eggs lasted? Wondering at what day you found they were started to go bad.

I like adding pumpkin seeds to my trail mix as they are pretty cheap and easier to eat than little sunflower seeds. Good point about convenience, like buying instant oatmeal packets is more expensive than mixing up a canister of oats, powdered milk, sugar, etc.

Thank you Jack 👊🏻👍🏻 Hope you're doing well, stay safe and take care my friends 😊 God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you always 🫶🏻

My hike doesn't entail restaurants so I really love utilizing hostels and cooking inexpensive, large quantities of food to gorge on when you can. Eating as properly as I can on trail is extremely hard for me Even though I've been hiking for many many years. I tend to resupply every week to week and a half and then I burn out within the month. The practice of discipline in moderation is one of the main key takeaways from hiking that keeps me doing it. There are much more to his videos than what comes out of his mouth to take away.

Something I really like are the OvaEasy Egg Crystals. 2 parts of the crystals to 3 parts of water equal one egg and you can not tell them from a egg you crack and cook since they are nothing but 100% Eggs. A snack size zip lock bag works really well if you put 2 or 3 of the egg crystals combination in them and some cooked ham with a little onion flakes. In camp add the water and mix , then clip off a corner of the bag and squeeze the mix into a small skillet to make breakfast of any meal. I use a small Evernew Titanium non stick pan.

Peanut butter is the unsung hero of hiker food.

In France we say "le moral est au fond de la marmite" i.e. "morale is at the bottom of the pot"

Omg you are already past McAfee....dang dang dang.. guess I missed treating you with some magic...😢 Nice run down on the food... safe trails

Great stuff! Enjoying following along with your thru hike!! I'm looking forward to seeing tips like these during the northern section of the trail. Best wishes!

Rotisserie chicken is one of my quick cheap east go to’s

You guys are doing great! Love the details in this video.

I swear, i just got out of shenandoah and yall are going to pass me and i wont even realize till the video drops and my heart breaks 😂

Good video. It often seems that good foods are less expensive that the convenient foods. 60 years ago, our trail mix was "gorp". It was a mix of peanuts, M&Ms, and raisins. I also liked banana chips and dried apricots. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick

those rise bars are readily available at resupply?

I wonder about powdered eggs. I've never tried them, but I assume they'd be good added to oatmeal in the morning to up the protein.

Still going watch as I really like this series for the challenge and also the discussions about mental state on the way. It would be interesting at the end to do the math for the amount of sponsorship bars that were eaten to know how much of the 1000 would have been eaten up by the bars assuming Rise is providing the bars for free. Stay safe. You're awesome.

Thank you for all your hard work and sharing your trail wisdom!! How long can u care hard boiled eggs for on trail? I’m assuming there is no way to keep them cool. I love hbe but never considered them for backpacking

How comfortable is that backpack and how is it holding up so far?

Yoo!! Just saw you on Adventure Archives KZfaq channel! Wild! I’m following both of your channels and it’s so crazy to see you and Robby run into each other haha

👍🐿👍 happy happy trails travels Jack.

How long is it okay to carry out some cooked meat or eggs in eastern summer trail weather? 12 or 24 hrs?

❤ this.

harvesting sasfrass for tea is a good AT memory of mine.

The mt house #10 can rice and chicken is on sale rn 7 servings for $25 including shipping

whats the money remaining, inb4 didnt watch the vid

Man if those bars didn’t have whey in them 😢(food allergies).

What bout tahini? Tried it?