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Has anyone ever made their own gel/fuel source?
Yeah, GU. The inventor of Powerbar made it for his daughter who was running marathons and having digestive issues during the runs. (This occurred after he sold and was an individual making it on his stove.) I was rowing for Berkeley at the time (98-00) and we were the test monkeys for him.
Sometimes it was great; sometimes it was horrible. One time he made an orange-chocolate that was slightly burnt and gave us all the shits. We literally had one dude hanging off the side of the boat shitting in the middle of practice. It was good though, it helped for long distance training when we were on water for hours at a time.
*I just realized it said growing, not rowing. Haha.
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Anyone else still use the esbit tabs for boiling water anymore or am I the only one. I’ve been using them forever for short trips and thru hikes. I’ve yet to run into anyone using them lately. Shared some miles with a guy on the AZT who used them long ago. I don’t see myself changing unless there are fire restrictions.