Gossamer Gear's Crotch Pot - Use Body Heat to Cook

Yo-yoing the CDT without a pot or a stove was austere.

For 7 months, I never had warm food (except when I resupplied in town). 

It was surprisingly easy to get used to uncooked food. I ate:

• Nuts
• Energy bars
• Powdered soy milk with cereals
• Dried fruit
• Bread and crackers
• PB&J

A few times, I would soak couscous overnight in a ziplock bag. I would eat the cold couscous in the morning, except that one morning when it was frozen solid.

I lacked the crazy cravings that I expected to have. Still, if I had to do it all over again, I would bring Gossamer Gear's Crotch Pot!

Watch my video review of the Crotch Pot

Lessons Learned

• Seal that ziplock nice and tight
• If you seal it well (double bag it), you could sleep with the Crotch Pot. I wouldn't put it in my crotch, but I would put it next to my feet.
• Cook food that takes 5 minutes or less. 
• Every minute of cooking requires about 15 minutes in your crotch.
• If you're really hot, you could cut this cooking time in half. 
• A Crotch Pot can only feed one thru-hiker at a time. There is no supersized two-person crotch pot. 

Although I made a mess of pants and underwear, I highly recommend Gossamer Gear's Crotch Pot. It's the most exciting, innovative, and sexiest backpacking product this century.

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