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Where is a good place to get the mre's. I have never tried them before and would like to get some for this year.
Quote from: Hurricane on March 12, 2011, 08:23:34 AMWhere is a good place to get the mre's. I have never tried them before and would like to get some for this year. Join the Army...you"ll get the chance to eat LOTS of them
Quote from: Hurricane on March 12, 2011, 08:23:34 AMWhere is a good place to get the mre's. I have never tried them before and would like to get some for this year. Try the Epicenter in Eugene OR. They have tons of camping type food. Shipping is pretty cheap too. Don't expect to eat MREs on a long backpack trip though. Too heavy. And, you wont take a dump for a week!
i have only been doing the backpack/backcountry thing for going on 3 yrs now, so my advice comes with short exp. i think how much u should plan on eating will depend on your size. Im 5'10 175, and this is what i take in my pack per day/night. 1 poptarts, 2 clif bars, 2 nature valley bars, top ramen (i just put 1/2 flavor packet in, crunch up and eat dry, its a good snack), maybe 1 candy bar, and a 2 serving mountain house. If you are worried about space, they make mountain house pro packs which are 1.5 servings and vaccum sealed. I also throw in a baggy of trail mix, and a couple extra clif bars/ nature valley depending on the length of my trip. My longest trip is 4 day and 3 night, so nothing too spectacular. I just use iodine tablets and drink water.
Arctic MREs are great and hard to find, they have 5,000 calories each. while stationed in Alaska I ate 3 in one day. It was -80 outside and my squad was stuck in our 10 man tent. Paid the price the next day there's nothing like a class one download in that kind of cold weather.