Solotripper is dead on. Enough water and enough vittles in the bush -- not a place to compromise. I make up a trail mix of granola, nuts, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, dried fruits (I particularly like apricots, but not everybody does). At each portage, I open the packs and pass around the trail mix -- not many pass it by. And I make sure everyone has a cup of their own and that it is not buried at the bottom of a pack -- it's out and accessible.

Tim