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> Some people actually just drink cooking oil, but it's rarely worth the tiny bit of extra weight efficiency. Is this really a thing? I've read quite a bit ab
by ceocoder 10y ago
> Some people actually just drink cooking oil, but it's rarely worth the tiny bit of extra weight efficiency.
Is this really a thing? I've read quite a bit about thruhikers and have never encountered this. If you have any more details, mind sharing?
- GavinMcG 10y agoI've encountered it once. He preferred to mix it into foods whenever it made sense to do so, though.
- mauvehaus 10y agoThe 2010 AT thru-hiker with the trailname "Butter" was so named because she was eating a stick of butter with a spoon somewhere down south.
- miguelrochefort 10y agoJust make sure it's not vegetable oil (safflower, grapeseed, soybean, sunflower, corn, etc). It's full of Omega-6, which is very inflammatory.
- hprotagonist 10y agoit's more common in extreme environments where your caloric expenditure is very high. antarctic sled teams do this sometimes, because you're burning about 7,000 calories a day just staying warm.
- rsync 10y ago"Is this really a thing? I've read quite a bit about thruhikers and have never encountered this. If you have any more details, mind sharing?" Yes, but I have always heard of sticks of butter being used for this purpose - not cooking oil.