| Hiking, camping, and boating are good
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| | wild, no matter how
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| activities for active
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| | clean it appears.4. If you're
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| people and families. However, if the
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| | backpacking for more than a day, the food
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| food isn't handled
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| | situation gets a little more
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| correctly, food-borne illness can be an
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| | complicated. You can still
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| unwelcome souvenir.1. Choose foods that
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| | bring cold foods for the first day, but
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| are light enough to carry in a backpack
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| | you'll have to pack
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| and that can be transported safely. Keep
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| | shelf-stable items for the next day.
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| foods either hot or
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| | Canned goods are safe,
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| cold. Since it's difficult to keep foods
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| | but heavy, so plan your menu carefully.
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| hot without a heat
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| | Advances in food
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| source, it's best to transport chilled
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| | technology have produced relatively
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| foods. Refrigerate or
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| | lightweight staples that
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| freeze the food overnight. What foods to
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| | don't need refrigeration or careful
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| bring? For a day
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| | packaging. For example:
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| hike, just about anything will do as
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| | peanut butter in plastic jars
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| long as you can fit it
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| | concentrated juice boxes
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| in your backpack and keep it cold --
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| | canned tuna, ham, chicken, and beef
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| sandwiches, fried
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| | dried noodles and soups
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| chicken, bread and cheese, and even
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| | beef jerky and other dried meats
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| salads -- or choose non-
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| | dehydrated foods
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| perishable foods.2. Keep everything
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| | dried fruits and nuts
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| clean. Remember to bring disposable wipes
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| | powdered milk and fruit drinks
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| if you're taking a day trip. (Water is
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| | 5. If you're cooking meat or poultry on
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| too heavy to bring
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| | a portable stove or
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| enough for cleaning dishes!)3. It's not
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| | over a fire, you'll need a way to
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| a good idea to depend on fresh water from
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| | determine when it's done
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| a
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| | and safe to eat. Color is not a reliable
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| lake or stream for drinking, no matter
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| | indicator of
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| how clean it appears.
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| | doneness, and it can be especially
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| Some pathogens thrive in remote mountain
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| | tricky to tell the color
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| lakes or streams
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| | of a food if you're cooking in a wooded
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| and there's no way to know what might
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| | area in the evening.
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| have fallen into the
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| | It's critical to use a food thermometer
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| water upstream. Bring bottled or tap
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| | when cooking
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| water for drinking.
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| | hamburgers. Ground beef may be
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| Always start out with a full water
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| | contaminated with E. coli, a
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| bottle and replenish your
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| | particularly dangerous strain of
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| supply from tested public systems when
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| | bacteria. Illnesses have
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| possible. On long
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| | occurred even when ground beef patties
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| trips you can find water in streams,
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| | were cooked until
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| lakes, and springs, but
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| | there was no visible pink.
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| be sure to purify any water from the
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