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swesterhus
May 14, 2005, 10:51 PM
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Hi!
Just wondering what you guys and gals like to shove down your faces when in a high altitude (over 3500 meters)?
Anything special that doesn't work or works very well for you?
Stian 8^)
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cgailey
May 14, 2005, 10:58 PM
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not too particular about it....just like stuff that doesn't take long to cook and is high in energy. Soups, pasta, stuff like that is usually the best. Definitely like tea as well...
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wingnut
May 16, 2005, 12:38 PM
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Those little freeze dried ration thingys from REI.
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swesterhus
May 16, 2005, 8:03 PM
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Anybody tried the Logan bread thing? Supposedly that was made with almost all the stuff you need to keep going. Like really nutricious, but minimal weight and clutter...
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swesterhus
May 16, 2005, 8:03 PM
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Anybody tried the Logan bread thing? Supposedly that was made with almost all the stuff you need to keep going. Like really nutricious, but minimal weight and clutter...
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graniteboy
May 20, 2005, 8:58 PM
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Yeah...I've consumed several hundred pounds of logan bread over the last thirty years...It's a must for any trip where you'll be out for more than a few weeks.
Be sure to keep the osmotic gradient of your bread really high (lots of simple sugars....) to keep the mold from being able to grow. I usually mix a 1:1 ratio of honey and brown sugar, add some applesauce, walnuts, cinnamon, apricots, whatever you want, then mix that up into the flour. No leavening. ever. Try mixing in some Pork rinds and pickled pigs feet just to be funny....
You can make it as dry and overcooked (for longevity) or as moist and tasty (for the "eat it this week" batch) as you want. The really dry stuff, I cook at 350 for abt an hour, then turn oven down to 200 degrees and dry the hell outta it overnite.
The dry stuff: I've had it last as long as 6 weeks in the alaska range. But you hafta dip it in liquid, or you'll chip a tooth. You can also use the dry stuff for self defense...I once temporarily stunned a grizzly sow on the lower Tokositna glacier by throwing it directly at her temple. While she was out, we tied her up and made carne asada. :lol:
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texplorer
May 20, 2005, 10:05 PM
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When I'm high - I eat dorritos
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boardline22
May 20, 2005, 10:23 PM
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I like ruffles when I'm high, high up
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kubi
May 24, 2005, 9:27 PM
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funions man.....funions
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jackscoldsweat
May 24, 2005, 10:06 PM
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In reply to: Make what you eat at altitude not unlike how you eat regularly, otherwise you run the potential of some serious gastro-intestinal upsets. While food energy is important during these kinds of endurance tests, I have a problem in that I lose my appetite. Gets tough to choke too much down so it's usually easily digestible stuff like goo (eccch) and power drinks.
skibabeage is right on. gu and it's like are easy to digest. keeping sugar levels high and pushing off the bodies fat burning.
my alpine diet includes:
GU - on the move
GUo2 - on the move
hersheys bar - tent
doughnut stick - tent
ramen with butter - tent
slim jim beef jerky - tent
light and high calories...but at home ...thinking about eatting it now makes me wanna puke....only in the mtns could one get away with eatting such sheet....
JCS
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pbjosh
May 24, 2005, 10:13 PM
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I generally eat a mix of stuff that's really easy to cook (freeze dried meals in bags) and more palatable stuff while on the go, you have to want to eat it. I'm partial to trail mixes and nuts, peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches, candy bars, bagels, fruit, etc. Gu and powerbars make me seriously unhappy, I can't get psyched on them any more. I usually carry a little more / little heavier food than other folks, but I think the happiness makes up for it.
On a trip in S. America we carried a garbage bag full of rolls and a 10lb block of local cheese and big bottle of mustard. Having cheese sammiches, even stale, for lunch for a week was great, really kept the motivation up.
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