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dig_scott
Jan 20, 2003, 4:02 AM
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we usually go for a couple of days. ramen noodles, hot chocolate, and oatmeal consists of what we bring up. brought some soup up this time for 3 days.
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rogueclimber
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Hey, I like to bring bread, a can or two of tuna, a few beers, and for the climb nothing beats the gel packs! But thats only if I go out for the long haul!
Take what ever floats yer boat mate! If yer proud enough to stick the climb, take what ya want to ta stick down yer throat! I've been known to hike alot a brew over what doesn't kill me.
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Jan 20, 2003, 4:30 AM
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Usually the Alpine Air pastas. Carbo loading's good plus you cook it in the bag so you aren't getting your pot dirty. If you don't mind getting your pot dirty, those instant mashed potatoes are wickedly good on a cold night! Bagels or instant oatmeal for breakkie and lots of Luna Bars for snacks plus of course, summit chocolate
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tanner
Jan 26, 2003, 7:43 PM
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I often have a box of Tim Hortins muffins racked to my harness when craging. That and lots of water!!!
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reborne
Jan 26, 2003, 8:10 PM
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a flask of honey or maple syrup im not sure weather to be disgusted or impressed by the ingenuity of it
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gekko
Jan 26, 2003, 8:14 PM
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I agree, bring things you will eat or like so that you won't avoid eating. I usually take granola bars or bar food, jerky, tuna lunch packs, and the single serving fruit cups- fruit cups don't bruise or go bad!
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no_limit
Jan 26, 2003, 8:22 PM
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anything that packs well, and that you like. sometimes I take a zip loc bag of raw meat, that I cook while im out camping.
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stevematthys
Jan 26, 2003, 8:31 PM
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i like to take trail mix, banana bread, and a couple snickers bars
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wildtrail
Jan 26, 2003, 9:09 PM
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Depends. At camp or on summit day?
The whole enchilada:
Saying I'm on the mountain for three days (which I usually am):
Backpacker's Pantry deydrated meals
Apples
Nutri-Grain bars
Trail Mix
Summit day:
Nutri-Grain bars
Trail Mix
Things can vary. Cup o soup stuff, chocolate bars, or ramen noodles.
A flask filled with Amaretto or Yagermeister often makes it's way into my pack for the final night before packing out.
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apollodorus
Jan 26, 2003, 9:20 PM
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On a wall you have to haul your water, so dehydrated food, dried fruit and other lightweight camping foods make no sense at all.
Canned foods, especially those with lots of water are great. Fresh fruit (oranges, apples, bananas) can be hard to keep safe, but are worth it. Tortillas are already squashed flat, so you can't really hurt them. Swipe some cream cheese packs from Degnan's (buy a bagel, get five). And for that matter, bribe the Jack In The Box clerk to give you a BIG handful of their guacamole packs.
Trail mix is fine, as long as the water bottle is in your other hand. If you add crushed crackers taken from Degnan's, you get Chongo Mix.
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dstein
Jan 26, 2003, 10:01 PM
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Mac and cheese. Lots of fat and carbs. Easy to make. Just add water and cook.
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Jan 29, 2003, 10:14 PM
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If you can find a South African butcher pick up some Biltong. It's some of the best dried meat you'll ever have.
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Nutella and bagels rule, also the 3 B's are definetly feel good food after a hard day of climbing: Bananas, Brownies and Beer.
Other than that chips and Salsa is nice as it'll force you to stay hydrated.
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gooch
Feb 9, 2003, 1:30 AM
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Gummi Bears, Chocolate
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For a six day trip through the Pickets this past summer, I allocated per day:
two packets of oatmeal
two cheese sandwiches (each consisting of two slices of whole-grain bread and two slices of Munster -- yes, they lasted the entire trip)
one Clif bar
one Snickers
5 oz couscous
3 oz horsecock
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apollodorus
Feb 12, 2003, 1:33 PM
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Chongo Packs: free packs of mustard, mayonaise, tabasco, butter and cream cheese.
Put the free saltines in your trail mix, and you get Chongo Mix (dries your mouth out like hell).
Jack In The Box has guacamole in little packs, too. I haven't figured out how to get a bunch of those for free, though.
Taco Bell orange hotsauce packs can overturn a dreary bread and water prison diet into a feast fit for a Wall King.
Beef jerky, found in the bottom of the haul bag, is treasure.
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gypsy
Feb 12, 2003, 2:25 PM
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You should all get a fooddehydrator. I got one for Christmas, and it makes the best snacks! Dried fruits, dehydrated soup mixes, jerky, anything! I am officially obsessed (last night I made great fruit roll ups)
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Feb 12, 2003, 3:39 PM
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For on route: Dates, baby carrots, figs, hemp seeds, water with emergenC packets added.
For basecamp: salad, and anything that can be prepared by just adding hot water.
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Feb 12, 2003, 4:26 PM
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MRE's. Good stuff, and come with their own water-activated heaters. They tend to plug you up, though, and they're heavy.
If you can get a hold of some RCW's (ration, cold weather) they are DOPE! Light, lotsa carbs, and yummy!
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Feb 12, 2003, 5:18 PM
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Jerky (I make my own and I DON'T use a dehydrator) Feel free to PM or Email me for the Recipe.
Oatmeal Packets.
Loaf of bread or box of crackers and jar of Peanutbutter and/or Nutella.
For the FIRST day or so. Bananas and cheese and any other fruit I can find on sale.
A Giant Hersheys Special Dark Chocolate bar. Break is up and have a piece when you need a sugar fix between meals.
I also take Gatorade Drink mix powder. Electrolytes = Good.
Nuts and/or Trail mix.
I thought I'd add a note on MRE's since I have more than my share of experience with them (needless to say, for those of you who DON'T already know, I was in the military). MRE's are a highly nutritious, high calorie Meal Ready to Eat. And some are QUITE tasty (especially the spaghetti or the Ham and Cheese Omlette with Potatoes Au Gratin). The drawbacks to them are....they DO "plug you up". FOR DAYS! And they are heavy. They will get you to and past your pack weight limit in hurry. For this reason, I prefer food that I can add water to LATER rather than carry it wet. Also, in the civillian world, they can be pretty expensive. I live in the Denver area of Colorado and the stores that sell them here sell them for $5 - $7 per meal. For that price I can get MUCH more by using the items in my list above.
P.S. For a TREAT, take powdered milk, cheese, and tortillas. Add water to the powdered milk, put with cheese in a cup and melt (assuming you have a cooking stove or campfire). Don't make it TOO runny. Pour on tortilla and toast it over a flame. BAM!!! Instant (more or less) Quesadillas.
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deafclimber
Feb 12, 2003, 5:36 PM
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beef jerky, beef jerky, and beef jerky !
actually i usually bring beef jerky, romen noodles, froxen dried foods, power bars, honey, peanut butters, bagels or english muffins. sometimes i bring cheese and 6" tortillas if i go winter backpacking. oh of course in wintertime i bring hot chocolate and small bottle of razzeberry liquar.(one bag of choc with one shot of razzeberry liquar) so yummie ! i look for easy cooking. i am not mr.chef in woods.
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scottharms
Feb 12, 2003, 6:25 PM
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Beef Jerky, peanut butter, bagels, usually a thermos of something warm in winter, hot chocolate and bailey's is always good when it's cold.
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I can't believe it took this long to mention Power Bars.
Granted, they are gross, expensive, don't taste good and are not pleasant to eat, but they do incredible things for their weight.
My favorite meal in the mauntains is Rice-A-Roni. It is cheap, light, easy to cook and a real meal. The Wild Rice is the best since it doesn't have the pasta that gets all mushy, even when you saute it and scorch your pan.
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chrisp
Feb 15, 2003, 4:55 AM
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I have to vote for Mac & Cheese for dinner, PB&J the rest of the time. Oh, and you cant forget the snickers bars and beef jerky.
Does anybody see the trend that we haven't been mentioning any name brand 'energy' bars?
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micahmcguire
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light and full of calories are what I look for. Thats why I bring up powdered cream of wheat, potatoe flakes, macaroni noodles, things of that nature that are not hydrated. Remember, on a mountain there is usually water everywhere, you just need to thaw it out most of the time.
However, what I bring for food on a moutain really depends on the mountain. How long will my trip be? How far will I have to haul my gear? How much time will I be trapped in a tent? All of these questions are relevent to what kind of food I may want to bring.
The longer the trip, the less bland I prefer my foods to be. If I am out for a few days, I might bring a bunch of freeze-dryed strawberriy or blueberry chunks to add to the cream of wheat or something else to "liven up" the food. If I am out for a LONG time, like the better part of a week or more, I will bring some food that is high in fats and protiens, like a block of cheese and a few sticks of butter, beef jerkey, or dried beans. Anyways, lots of considerations to think about before planning your meals on a mountain.
PS-I have to agree with Wildtrail regarding the flask of Jagermeister. Gotta bring somthing to get you up in the morning and put you down at night.
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Feb 19, 2003, 5:33 AM
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Great advise for what to bring, BUT on super cold conditions don't bring an apple - it freezes and tastes really weird. Frozen bananas = good, frozen apples = weird.
Also, if you are going to have peanut butter and jelly make sure it is super cold or the jelly will go bad and your stomach will hate you (this is depending on how long you are out for!
My favorite for any hard backpacking/mtn active is Mac N' Cheese and Tuna it is sooooooo good and plenty o' carbs. It weighs in a bit more than some of the other stuff, but it actually tastes good :D
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Feb 24, 2003, 8:27 AM
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Free Tapatio hotsauce packets from Arby's
Enough sweets that I can bribe my partners as food starts running low, "OK you can have this candy bar but you gotta carry the......"
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Apr 4, 2003, 7:51 PM
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In reply to: I can't believe it took this long to mention Power Bars.
Body cannot digest that much protein at altitude
Not enough oxygen to burn protein, go carbs instead
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I found a simple pilaf mix and added canned chicken, its become a staple
miso soup packets
Gu is awesome stuff!
GORP
jerky-beef, turkey, ahi
bagels w/ tomatoes and swiss cheese.
cliff ice bars are really good too, but like most bars keep em close to your body or they'll freeze
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Apr 9, 2003, 1:12 PM
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For a day trip? Just about anything I feel like carrying.
The meny for extended hikes comes right out of the NOLS Cookery book (if you don't have this one, go pick it up!); lunch is pita bread with pbj. :)
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Good point Gooch. I go protein/carbs for the approach and lower altitudes, but once up high, it is strictly carbs. I have a problem getting down a Powerbar at sea level, let alone up high when I don't want to eat anything....gawd those things are AWFUL!
I go with Cliff Shots...like them better than GU...can actually swallow them without gagging...but be careful of the caffeine ones....I made the mistake of using them and then ran out of them and only had the regular shots....talk about crash and burn!
Have also used Accelerade powder to mix with my water...again, it's high carbs and I can drink it without gagging....I have a real problem getting anything down at altitude, so I'm really picky about what I haul up there.
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MREs and guinness
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I do not think that use of beer is good at altitude.
Bread,Tuna,Oatmeal,Jam,Coffee,Boiled Eggs,Noddles,Soups,Tin Meat which can be cooked with rice.
In Himalayas- we make fried rice with lentils,cereals,porridge,noodles,omellette-these are std. foods where one can add butter+bread+jam etc
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2 year, 8 month old thread revived! N00bs, look at the date before you reply. Site admins, any chance we could go to archiving of old, dead threads like bikeforums does?
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In reply to: 2 year, 8 month old thread revived! N00bs, look at the date before you reply. Site admins, any chance we could go to archiving of old, dead threads like bikeforums does?
and since this thread has reserrected, here is what i have used:some stuff called ultralight joes moose goo. a bit weird, but not too weird and works pretty ok.
i just wouldnt want to use it as my everyday food for a longer time. Also like to bring some blood sausage, mustard, onions and cheese with me.
and here is a link to a few articles about the issue that i found pretty worth reading.
qwert
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landgolier
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In reply to: In reply to: 2 year, 8 month old thread revived! N00bs, look at the date before you reply. Site admins, any chance we could go to archiving of old, dead threads like bikeforums does? why that? maybe not everyone on that site has read that thread, and may find some usefull information in it, for what he otherwise had to open a new thread, just to get the response "do a search!".
If you go check out bikeforums, you will see that dead threads don't disappear, they just become uneditable. You can still search for them, and in fact about half the time when I start googling for some obscure tech question I end up finding the answer in an archived bikeforums post. Access to old threads = good. People with less than 10 posts making assinine replies to ancient threads = bad, but happens every day. BTW, I'm only being openly mean to this particular noob b/c several of his 5 posts are commercial in nature, and because he disapproves of beer for climbing (them's figtin' words to the portaledge crowd).
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(Yes, I saw the date, nothing wrong with a good thread keepin' on)
For fast and light climbs:
Miso Packets - cheap, super light, tasty, nutritious.
Dried Meat - I stay away from the spiced up ones, not so good on the stomach when you are not eating much.
Oatmeal Packets - light, warm, filling.
Tortillas - take some packets of honey and a little baggie of cinammon to go with.
Tea --
A.W.'s Alpine Tea Recipe:
- (1) packet Chai Tea
- (1) 1gram Vitamin C tablet
- (2) 50mg Zinc tablet
- (1) Regular strength Aspirin
- (1) 1-a-day multivitamin
- (2) Packets of honey
Mix, heat, drink, climb, repeat.
Cheers,
A.W.
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couple pacificos
soup in a can
tortillas
turkey
cheese
and the obligatory clif bars
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appears that i started this thread. i quess i forgot about it but found it interesting and helpful none the less.
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