Chuck
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- Feb 7, 2011
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I started to do more trail riding last year and really enjoyed it. This year, I'd like to try my hand at bikepacking in order to get more time in the mountains and less on busy highways coming and going. I've caught @saibot 's videos on his channel already and I've been all over YouTube for general bikepacking info, but I still have a couple questions:
1. Site selection - There seem to be few camping sites in the area between Okutama and Chichibu. When I've ridden by campsites before, they look really crowded anyway, so not very appealing. OTOH, finding a site to just pitch a tent isn't all that easy either. Anybody have some advice? (FWIW, I'm not a hammock kind of guy and I already have a good tent, so I don't think a hammock is an option for me.)
2. Food - I'll most likely be doing only one overnight so I figure I'd only need food for dinner and breakfast, otherwise, all other meals I'd hope to get at convenience stores. I've tried the instant rice meals made for camping and they are OK. Plus, there are some edible packaged chili meals that are relatively cheap and pretty tasty. For breakfast, I was thinking about instant oatmeal or something. If anyone has good suggestions for easy to carry and prepare camping foods, I'd love to hear them.
1. Site selection - There seem to be few camping sites in the area between Okutama and Chichibu. When I've ridden by campsites before, they look really crowded anyway, so not very appealing. OTOH, finding a site to just pitch a tent isn't all that easy either. Anybody have some advice? (FWIW, I'm not a hammock kind of guy and I already have a good tent, so I don't think a hammock is an option for me.)
2. Food - I'll most likely be doing only one overnight so I figure I'd only need food for dinner and breakfast, otherwise, all other meals I'd hope to get at convenience stores. I've tried the instant rice meals made for camping and they are OK. Plus, there are some edible packaged chili meals that are relatively cheap and pretty tasty. For breakfast, I was thinking about instant oatmeal or something. If anyone has good suggestions for easy to carry and prepare camping foods, I'd love to hear them.