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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8541255" data-attributes="member: 27385">Food and water takes up a lot of camping weight and space.&nbsp; A PC may need a gallon of water/day at 8lbs per gallon.&nbsp; If you cannot find/purify water on the trail you would need 56 pounds of water per week on top of your food weight.&nbsp; Traditionally, camping food like this is packaged in heavy packages since plastic was not invented, but it may also be partially dehydrated, requiring more water.&nbsp; The PHB says the 1 day rations is dried foods like meats and nuts and weighs 2 pounds or 14 pounds per week.&nbsp; We are up to 70 pounds of gear now.&nbsp; Even hiring porters to carry more requires them to start with 70 pounds for themselves before they can carry more for you.&nbsp; I can see this getting a debate on the carry rules and real life capacity carrying a ruck.&nbsp; What is the other gear carried?&nbsp; What is the class and strength of the PC?&nbsp; Is water available?&nbsp; Bag of Holding?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8541255, member: 27385"] Food and water takes up a lot of camping weight and space. A PC may need a gallon of water/day at 8lbs per gallon. If you cannot find/purify water on the trail you would need 56 pounds of water per week on top of your food weight. Traditionally, camping food like this is packaged in heavy packages since plastic was not invented, but it may also be partially dehydrated, requiring more water. The PHB says the 1 day rations is dried foods like meats and nuts and weighs 2 pounds or 14 pounds per week. We are up to 70 pounds of gear now. Even hiring porters to carry more requires them to start with 70 pounds for themselves before they can carry more for you. I can see this getting a debate on the carry rules and real life capacity carrying a ruck. What is the other gear carried? What is the class and strength of the PC? Is water available? Bag of Holding? [/QUOTE]

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