Monday, April 23, 2007
Up and At 'Em Team
Working on my gear list tonight and getting excited about the trip. Looks like the area is still rainy and cool. I am predicting we will have great weather! Inasmuch as it looks like we will be no more than 5 people, what do you think is an adequate water cache? I want to pick up water containers this week from our supply chain guys and want to get enough. Think four 5-gallon containers is adequate? Any additional thoughts on chow? Communal meals for all or just heat water and let each guy be responsible for his own cuisine? I am thinking the latter as it allows the most flexibility for individual taste. With no more than 5 people I would think two stoves to be adequate. I will bring one, who would like to bring the other? Finally, I have one and two men tents. Unless someone has a different idea I will bring the two-man tent for maxium flexibility.
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We're only going about 30 miles, which is a long day hike. You could leave everything and carry a day pack with a gallon of water and 2,500 calories of food. Total pack weight should be around 10 pounds.
While I enjoy fast packing, and have done some comparable days, I am not planning to duplicate on this trip. I hope you are jesting?
It is going to be 90F in Moab this weekend so I think that caching water is mandatory. I certainly need more than 1 gallon of water for a 30 mile walk. I actually like about a quart per mile, depending upon the temperature.
Let me put it this way, I won't travel in the desert without adequate water supply.
I don't mind being responsible for my own food. I plan on bringing a stove, and a two man tent.
I have given this some thought and had originally planned to use 5-gallon poly containers to cache water. I am now inclined to use the large bottles (2-gallons?) and cahce several. We will have to go back in and pick up the empties, so I would rather use those guys as they are already sterilized and sealed. Simple math says that three days and 10 miles/day at 0.25/mile and with 5 hikers equates to 12.5 miles per leg. I would suggest we think in terms of two caches of 20 gallons each and one final cache at trails end of 10 gallons (at the vehicles)? That will allow water for trail consumption, cooking and PTA baths. Comments? Criticisms?
Okay, after studying the maps, I get the feeling we will start the "offroad" section of the C of C trail at or near Cerro Brillante, and end somewhere in the vicinity of Cerrito Comadre. If we camel up at Brillante, I would propose to cache water along the road betwen Cerro Chatito and Cerro Chato. A second cache along the road on the south side of Cerro Negro, and a final trail end cache between Cerrito Comadre and Cerrito Arizona.
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