Everyone knows Ramen.
Compact, cheap and tasty, it's ideal for backpacking. And since backpacking and gureilla growing go hand-in-hand, I've eaten my share.
One Mem. Day weekend I was solo backpacking in the Sespe Gorge outside of L.A.
I met and ended up camping near 4 college freshmen.
They were beginning vegatarians. They had all brought food and it turned out the ONLY thing they brought was Ramen.
Vegatable flavored Ramen, that's all they had.
Breakfast lunch and dinner, Ramen Ramen Ramen.
I had planned to go hiking with a friend, but at the last minute his wife threw a tantrum and he cancelled, so I had extra food in my pack.
I had rice, beans, and crackers, all permitted for vegans.
But I also had a can of chicken, a can of tuna, and beef jerky.
The 3rd night I noticed how they looked longingly at my goods. I wasn't planning to bring back the extra food, so I offered it to them.
Well they forgot all about the vegatarian diet and scarfed everything I had that contained meat.
That trip was notable for another reason:
A guy and his g/f hiked in with their 2 big dogs.
The trail was 8 miles each way, through rolling hills and then a STEEP descent into the Gorge. The trail was very rocky.
When they got into the Gorge they noticed that the sharp rocks on the trail had cut their dogs feet up.
There was no way the dogs could walk out.
So the guy and the girl emptied their packs of lanterns sleeping bags, tent, cooking gear--everything--put a dog in each pack (the dogs weighed between 60--80 lbs each) and headed up that killer trail, difficult even if you weren't carrying a pack at all.
After the ascent they had to stop and rest for the night before continuing the remaining 5 miles. A passing hiker donated his $200.00 leather jacket and they cut it up and sewed padded booties for the dogs. The next morning the girl continued back to the trailhead with the dogs, the guy hiked back into the gorge with the empty packs, filled them up and hiked out wearing one and carrying the other.