Monday, June 11, 2007

Ultra-Light Drinking

So the problem with bringing booze with you when backpacking is the weight, a gallon of adult liquids weighs roughly 8 pounds; a major limitation if you want to have a light pack weight and still stumble through the camp fire. Luckily a group of Dutch students have come the rescue with powdered alcohol, yes a powdered alcohol called Booze2go. Just pour a packet of Booze2go into your Nalgene, add water and BAM you've got 12 year old scotch; well actually it is some fizzy, lime colored, tasting drink with about 3% alcohol. This is probably the best thing to happen to backpacking and mountaineering since sil-nylon.