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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by lostlogin on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:26PM (#18765450)
I talked to a guy who tried to cross it once. To get the huge number of required calories in a compact form they drank olive oil. He didn’t like it and it sure sounds nasty.
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by Fricken on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:46PM (#18766849)
O'brady describes his diet here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqOWpIMl7Si/?utm_source=ig_share...

7000 calories a day!

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by pastor_elm on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:32PM (#18770947)
Truly amazing this guy is crossing Antartica and plugging for a nutrition bar brand at the same time. I wonder why Red Bull didn't sponsor him.
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by Alupis on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:11PM (#18765683)
> To get the huge number of required calories in a compact form they drank olive oil.

Eating sticks of butter is common too.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by komali2 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:54PM (#18766276)
Thru hikes sometimes it's peanut butter and Nutella
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by bacon_waffle on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:16PM (#18766968)
A few weeks in to my first long trip, a mentor said in a grocery store in Franklin, North Carolina: "You'll become one of two kinds of hiker: you'll count calories per pound, or you'll count calories per dollar. Either way, you win with cake frosting".
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by x43b on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:11AM (#18767492)
Carbohydrates are 4 calories/gram. Fats are 9 calories/gram. Frosting does not win.
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gumby on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:32AM (#18767583)
I believe frosting is mostly fat by weight. Nevertheless butter beats it, pretty much by definition.
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by x43b on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:02AM (#18768182)
https://www.pillsburybaking.com/products/creamy-supreme/clas...

Looks like a >4:1 carb:fat ratio by weight.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by fiblye on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:01AM (#18769190)
But eating cake frosting by the spoonful is far easier and more pleasing than downing pure butter or olive oil.

(speaking from experience)

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by DanBC on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:21AM (#18769262)
And climbers already have an equivalent of cake frosting: kendal mint cake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_Mint_Cake
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gumby on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:26PM (#18770901)
Thanks for looking this up!
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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by peterkshultz on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:14AM (#18767505)
Appalachian Trail? I did it too!

Fritos and Nutty Buddies were my go-to. I added a few notes about my trip here: https://pkshultz.com/at/

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by bacon_waffle on Thursday December 27, 2018 @04:08PM (#18772644)
Yep! Dropping out of high school to go backpacking on the AT was one of the better decisions I've made. It's been a decade and a half, and I'm still making connections through the trail network.

Since you're such a recent finisher; Springer Fever is a real thing, and I think it's best not to suppress it too much.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gumby on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:28PM (#18770919)
I struggle with his on through hikes bc as a diabetic I can’t eat a lot of the standard calorie dense foods. A lot of fats is really all that works for me :-(.
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