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• 22:09, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Coffee (Created page with "This section on Coffee has been worked on by Jo Johnson (This woman KNOWS her coffee!) and Ron Radzieta (This man KNOWS his coffee!). These two folks provide different ways to make the BEST cup of river coffee. Elixir of the gods, cuppa joe, liquid ambition...whatever you call it, there is no denying the importance of coffee to enhance social lubrication and trip ambiance. There have been horror stories of trips that ran out of coffee before the trip ended, or worse, so...")
• 22:09, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Food Preparation Time (Created page with "Some trips arrive at the put-in with deep-frozen meals they have bought or prepared at home. This can be very useful even if it is just for the first night when everyone is extra tired or only one person really knows their way around the kitchen. Good re-heatable food that can be cooked in a dutch oven includes lasagna, chile rellenos or almost any casserole dish. If it's in a round aluminum foil cook tray it can go as is into a dutch oven. A quicker approach is to take...")
• 22:08, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Winter VS Summer (Created page with "200px|right The Food Pack may vary depending on what time of the year you are traveling through the Canyon. In the summer, cold soups like Gazpacho can be a real treat. Cold drinks like tomato juice (lots of salt) and electrolyte replacement drinks are also a summer hit. In the winter, canned hearty hot soups can be great, along with lots of hot drinks. Hot ciders, hot chocolates, herbal and black teas and Coffee can be much desired! Som...")
• 22:08, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Keeping up your salts (Created page with "Click '''here''' to return to '''The Food Pack''' page. Most of us try not to imbibe too much salt but the Grand Canyon is notorious for cases of hyponatremia, where you've drunk too much water and your salt balance is out of whack. Anyone pouring water down their throat but not offsetting the fluid intake with salty snack food needs to be watched for this condition. To keep salt levels steady think about how to add salt in the diet without making...")
• 22:07, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Lunch Logistics (Created page with "'''When to Eat?''' It's helpful if each trip sets a framework for when to eat lunch before the start of the trip. This way, there’s no confusion on day one about when the group is going to stop for lunch. Some groups will be very flexible about when to eat lunch. It'll happen somewhere sometime. This is fine, as long as all folks on the river trip have snacks available to keep energy levels and electrolytes up. Other groups will stop sometime between 11:30AM and n...")
• 22:07, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Kitchen Gear (Created page with "'''Kitchen Gear''' Every river trip is going to need a kitchen set-up. This includes plates, bowels, silverware, and mugs. It must also include cooking pots and pans, a skillet and maybe a Dutch Oven or two, and knives, stirring spoons and serving spoons, spatulas and ladles as well. Then there's the stove and it's care and gear, tables, and the dishwashing setup. Here's a list to get you started. *Lanterns (Most trips bring at least two. Some folks will make up a sm...")
• 22:06, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Cooler Type and Packing (Created page with "right|500px There is much off season discussion about the ideal boat cooler. Here's a write up on Boat Coolers by Sean Davis and Jay "Gonzo" Meierdierck: The preparation and use of coolers is not a science. There are many opinions, there are many ways to do it. There are some who advocate that you shouldn't even take a cooler on a Grand Canyon trip. Alas, to drain or not to drain is one of the longest going arguments in river running. 1)...")
• 22:06, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Perishable Storage (Created page with "Remember, there isn’t any refrigeration besides what you bring. When the ice melts, there’s no more cooler. Don’t open a cooler unless you have to. Ice melts faster while you look. Try to open coolers in the shade, early morning or evening. Prep your cooler in the moring for that days lunch, that way you will know what you need for lunch and where it is. Some trips keep all the cooler stuff for each meal in one bag, then just grab the bag. Some people like a “veg...")
• 22:05, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Food Lists (Created page with "A food list is going to be directly tied to the menu for your trip. Menu's can be very complex or very easy to prepare. Here's a sample menu that is hearty but easy to prepare, and assumes that everyone will be responsible for their own snacks during the day. DAY 1 Breakfast Granola, fruit (bananas, apples), milk/yoghurt, tea&coffee = cold breakfast at Lees Ferry Lunch Make your own sandwiches = bread, Lunch meat (variety throughout the trip to includ...")
• 22:05, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Meal Calendar Sample (Created page with "left right|400px Click '''here''' to return to '''Cooking Assignments''' page.")
• 22:04, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Meal Information Sheet (Created page with "image:Meal Information Sheet.jpg Click here to return to the '''Cooking Assignments''' page.")
• 22:04, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Cooking Assignments (Created page with "right|400px '''Cook Teams''' Divvying up the work evenly among trip mates has several advantages: non-cooks have time to do some other camp activity during free time, taking turns avoids burnout, and it serves to limit the meals a less experienced cook will serve to the group... :>) Most trips use some variation of the "cook crew" method, where participants are divided into teams and each team cooks on a rotating schedule. Some...")
• 22:03, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page The Food Pack (Created page with "right|600px This chapter includes info on how to arrange meal responsibilities, food lists, coffee, perishable storage, cooler type and packing, lunch logistics (equipment, beach, floating, and hiking lunch), winter vs summer, time to prepare food on river, drinks (hot/cold/alcohol), and cooler ice maintenance. In the shared work environment that is unique to do-it-yourself trips, it is imperative to give ample thought to assigning r...")
• 22:03, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page The Kitchen (Created page with "550px|right This chapter includes info on ice/iceless cooking, gear needed and how to pack it, cook crews including couples and re-assigning crews, kitchen set up and take down, stoves, and other information like how much propane is required for various trip lengths. '''Ice or No Ice''' For starters, the trip will have to decide if there will be '''ice or no ice''' trip. How is this possible you ask? Well, multiday desert backp...")
• 22:02, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page First Aid Kits (Created page with "right|400pxOn your journey through Grand Canyon, per the Park Service regulations, you will need one Major First Aid Kit. Every boat will need a Minor First Aid Kit if that boat is not carrying the Major First Aid Kit. So what should you bring in your first aid kits? Here's a list to get you started. What you bring will be based on many things, including the level of expertise of the members of your group. Grand Cany...")
• 22:02, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Rivergear (Created page with "right|400px '''YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH OF THESE TITLES TO GO TO A SEPARATE PAGE''' ===Grand Canyon Gear List=== Here is a shortcut to the WIKI page going through the NPS Required Gear List. '''Please Note''': This link is the required NPS gear list, see below for an expanded possible gear list. The following headings at linked to separate pages. '''YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH OF THESE TITLES TO GO TO THAT SEPARATE PAGE'''. ===Boat=== I...")
• 22:01, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Watercraft (Created page with "o what kind of boat should I bring for the Grand? That’s a good question. The Colorado River in Grand Canyon, from Lee’s Ferry to South Cove, is 297 miles long, and can take up to four weeks to travel from end to end. The watercraft your trip brings will need to carry all the people on the trip as well as your food, refuse and solid waste, and all the cooking and camping gear. The variety of watercraft used by river runners is fairly broad. Some folks bring self bai...")
• 22:00, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Weather (Created page with "450px|right Summers are very hot in the Grand Canyon. Winters do not get as cold as one might expect but the low angle of the sun in a deep canyon means a lot of shade. There is also a micro climate induced by the cold water which cools the air. The canyon walls create an inversion for the cooler, heavier air near the river. The inversion is around 10 feet in height. This can lead to competition in the summer for campsites that are n...")
• 22:00, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page A Primer for New Boaters (Created page with "500px|right RIVER RAFTING FOR NEOPHYTES Original template provided by Andy Neff and the RRFW editorial crew. If you’ve never been rafting on a multi—day river trip, here are some things you should know. '''Contributors and Editors NOTE:''' This page is just an '''OVERVIEW''', and if you have additional information to add or are just seeking additional information on these topic headers, please follow the page link to the appropriate page...")
• 21:59, 28 December 2022 RiverRunnersForWilderness talk contribs created page Group Networking (Created page with "The importance of Networking and Connections Click '''here''' to return to '''The Pre-Trip Planning''' page.")