2 questions about rucksacks: 1) how dose the military fold a Personal map? and...

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...2) assuming you pack your ruck? for a 3 day hike (or a week), how many MREs do you pack and what types do you pack?
 
i just fold a map he he just use common sense however it depends on how much non MRE food is out there, if your living off MREs for a week a box will do
 
1) There's no specific way to fold a map the "military way" but I usually fold it so the part I'm using shows through the protective plastic sleeve so I can plot my points.

2) One "new" MRE provides approximately 1500 calories.
The "old" ones provide approximately 3000 calories. (They dropped the calorie count about 2 years ago. The original MREs were designed to supply a full day of calories for a combat soldier.)
So go by calorie count; one a day should work, if you're bringing supplements such as beef jerky, etc. ("gedunk" or "pogey bait") ,
as long as you're not hiking too strenuously.

It's more important to ration space for water, if you're in a low water area.
 
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