This is Iron here. Me and my good buddy Dave are in the middle of a two-week
backpacking and rafting expedition. At the start of our trip we cached
a weeks worth of food in Ursak bags. I'm stoked to show you guys how I store my food
and show you guys the 7 days of food I have in my bag.
We just hiked up to the spot where we hid our food cache.
You can see out there in the distance, the river that we rafted down today.
This is where I hid my cache. I tried to cover it up with some of this bark here.
There's my Ursak bag. I placed this cache almost exactly one week ago.
The start of this trip was brutal. We started with 14 days of food,
all of our rafting gear, backpacking, and camera gear.
I have eaten all of the rest of my food so I'm super excited to get this.
Everything still appears to be good here. I don't see any signs of holes.
Everything looks good. Let's open it up.
A couple double overhand knots here. This is the Ursak Major bag.
It's the biggest size bag they make. Everything looks to be intact still.
Everything still looks perfect. 7 days of food. Super stoked about that.
Also one extra external charger. Having the Loksak Opsak bag
is really important. It's a complete scent proof bag.
Having your food only in an Ursak bag, isn't going to stop animals from smelling it.
We are going to hike up to our camp now. It's getting close to
sunset but I want to show you guys the 7 days of food that I packed.
It's the next day here. Super stoked. We ended up hiking up to a really cool camp
after I got done talking to you last. Caught a really beautiful sunset yesterday
and sunrise this morning. I'm just enjoying the day here.
This is my seven days of food that I picked up from down below.
There's my other empty Loksak bag. When I started the trip both of these bags
were full of identical foods. I'm going to show you guys
exactly what I'm going to be eating out here for the next week.
1 pound of corn chips. I don't know if you have a Trader Joe's near you...
It's one of my favorite stores. I buy a lot of my food there. A good tip here:
Normally a bag of chips takes up a lot of space. If you crush them up...
I took a tiny pin and I put a little pinhole in the bag and I sucked out all of the air.
Then I put a piece of tape over the pin hole.
This whole pound of chips takes up little space. They will stay fresh for a long time this way.
One jar of peanut butter here. It's really hard to find peanut butter
without sugar in it these days. I don't know why. Trader Joe's coming through again.
Some of the cheapest peanut butter out there. I think it's 1.99 a jar.
I eat a lot of this stuff out here. If you haven't packed a week's worth of food...
The key to making it work is having your food take up as little space as possible.
Also, you have to be really organized or else you'll have a lot more trouble
once you're out on the trail. You'll be spending way more time
trying to figure out how much food you have left. You don't want to over eat
your food early in the trip. I'll show you guys how I organize all of my food.
Every single day I separate one day of food from my supply for the next day.
I store it in it's own 9x10" Loksak bag.
Every morning I start off with a coffee and coconut milk powder.
You can see here I have 7 bags. I've got it pre-mixed.
This is a bag of Vitamineral Green powder mixed with coconut milk powder.
This stuff gives me a lot of energy.
Iv'e been drinking this stuff for years now.
It's hard to get fresh greens out here. The greens powder helps me a lot.
I've got some Clif bars here.
Really love these things. They're super high in sugar though.
I'll probably stop eating them altogether at some point.
I'm still allowing myself to have one a day. I think there's like 20 grams...
21 grams of sugar in one of these. Which is insane. That's a candy bar.
I have one of those for everyday.
I found this really good powdered hummus. All you have to do is add water.
It's a lemon flavored hummus. I'll mix this in my peanut butter jar.
Then add chips and olive oil. It's a really good midday snack.
Super stoked on this stuff.
This bag is filled with more bags of hummus. I try to reuse bags when i can.
This is a cold soak meal that I created. I have one of these for every day.
It's a mix of oats, chia seeds, hemp seeds, Himalayan salt, cacao nibs, coconut milk powder,
and coconut shreds. I think that's about it.
Just a really healthy nutrient filled meal. It tastes really good too.
The coconut milk powder gives it a super sweet taste. Super high-energy blend.
You can mix this with water or eat it dry.
Normally I just eat this dry, with a spoon out of the bag.
I make all of my own dinners. I'm doing the same bases for all of these meals.
Brown rice I dehydrated myself. Lentils that I've cooked and dehydrated and black beans.
Plus a bunch of assorted vegetables.
I've got one already made. I'm going stoveless on this trip.
I make my coffee, Vitamineral Green mix, and my dinners all in this jar.
This one is all done up.
These are better than any freeze-dried meal I've ever had.
A benefit to making my own meals is, they take up little space.
7 Mountain Houses would take up more space then this whole bag itself.
I carry my seasoning in this other bag. I like to give myself lots of options.
Then I can eat whatever I want.
This is a bag of cheese powder mixed with butter powder. I've got some taco seasoning.
Sriracha and a blend of garlic, salt, pepper & crushed red pepper.
I found this soy sauce powder online
This stuff is really good. One of my favorite finds on Amazon recently.
Some curry powder. I just reused these bags that my vegetables came in.
They work really good for storing seasoning.
I store olive oil in this bottle. If you look at the back of any mountain house
or freeze-dried meal... It usually has rice, beans,
lentils, sometimes noodles, vegetables, seasonings, or meat.
I'm essentially creating my own really good meals.
These taste way better than
any freeze-dried meal I've ever had. Pretty cool & it's not hard to do.
I love dehydrating my own meals, and then the garbage. There's way less.
I'm not coming back with a bunch of Mountain House wrappers.
You can see here from my last seven days. These empty zip locks I'm going to
reuse on my next trip. All of the food that I prepared has to last at
least two months in the heat, which should be no problem.
I've got some mango slices. Have to treat yourself a little bit.
Chocolate bars. I've got some mushroom supplements here from Fungi Perfecti.
lion's mane & my community. A blend of 14 different mushrooms.
Just to recap here. Storing your food in a scent proof bag,
not only keeps animals away from it. It Also keeps the stuff in your backpack
from being contaminated with the scent of your food.
Your sleeping bag, clothes & things like that can start to smell like your food over time.
These Loksak bags really help. The 12x20 size fits the Ursak bag perfectly.
They're made to work together. I can carry about 7 days worth of food max.
I have found that to be a really good setup. Super stoked as always.
You guys are awesome. If you have any questions about anything food-related
or backpacking related, leave a comment.
Thanks for being here. Always stoked to share these adventures
with you guys. I'll catch you guys soon. Peace.