Recent content by WinterWarlock

Try some of the baby food pouches...lots of fruit and/or veggies with oatmeal, quinoa or some other grain, so you get the fruit sugar plus the carbs of the grain...much better, IMO, than the gels.

Umm - I'm guessing not. Thank god I was with good company, or that hike would've been miserable.

This must be the place for the wordy trip reports. OK, I'll bite. Was there, too. Nice. Very nice. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151888751848453.1073741835.502903452&type=1&l=fffe45dd31

Well that is one of the more interesting first posts from a new member...hi, and welcome to the forum!

Just saw the story posted on FB and came here for more info...it's terrible no matter, but I hope it isn't anyone from this community. Sympathies to friends and family....

I didn't mean to imply that the flu shot gave me the flu....I know there are various strains each year, and each years vaccine is a guessas to which one will be the problem that year. If you're exposed to a variety not covered by them vaccine, you get no protection. Supposedly that's why this...

Sorry Tony...hope you're better!

I've had the flu one in the last twenty years, and it was the one year I got the vaccine. Never again for me.

Perhaps it's the exercise that promotes increased immune response anyway...no?

Jens Voigt - pro cyclist - was asked something like this concerning why he is such a good climber on the long bike tours like the Tour de France. His answer propels me, whether it be while hiking or cycling. Jens "I just say - Shut Up Legs!"

Ellen - I use a HydroFlask, too, except for the wide mouth version, and carry a small Innate cup with me.

Sure - the hope is that you'll buy something else, no?

Wow - he gets free monogramming with every purchase!

Just returned from a trip to Wegmans, and can't believe I forgot to mention a winter favorite....fruitcake! Just make sure to slice it beforehand, and put a few slices in a baggie. Lots of carbs...and wicked good, especially if you have that Thermos of hot tea!

Ugh - that gives me the chills. The thought of entering a diabetic coma while winter hiking precludes those foods from my diet! But hey, YMMV!!