When the trail doesn’t supply you with fruit, it’s a good strategy to carry some fruit with you when you are backpacking, particularly in the desert. It’s like a having a spare orb of concentrated water; a 6 ounce orange or apple will revive me far better than 6 ounces of water.
The Peace Pilgrim walked over 25,000 miles– sometimes walking 50 miles a day, yet she didn’t carry a water bottle. She says, “Water is something you think of in hot weather, but I have discovered that if I eat nothing but fruit until my day’s walk is over I do not get thirsty. Our physical needs are so simple.”
