olyclimber Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 What do you take to eat on a high altitude mountaineering trip? This is probably a personal thing, but what you find you can keep down when exerting yourself at high altitude? Quote
Greg_W Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 When I did Mt. Rainier last year, I took pizza. It was yummy. I also like fried chicken from Safeway. Quote
ChrisT Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 bagels + swiss cheese = instant energy  a little bulky but light Quote
AaronB Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Never been up high, but on Orizaba, I munched on a bag of dorritos, string cheese, beef stick "i think", and lots of Hot Tamales. the candy ones Quote
gapertimmy Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 bagels are bulky, substitute with tortillas, save space and packs a punch. Â snickers Quote
Greg_W Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 tortillas taste like shit  Not my homemade ones. Quote
ChrisT Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 fried chicken sounds good but maybe chicken strips and jo jos to save space? Quote
Figger_Eight Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 jerky and horsecock. Â don't forget the Gu. Quote
Greg_W Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 fried chicken sounds good but maybe chicken strips and jo jos to save space? Â Yeah, but the strips are more expensive. What the fuck is a 'jojo'? Some sort of potato product? The 4-pack-a-day woman at the deli counter always asks me if I want jojos with my chicken and I say no. She scares me. Quote
ken4ord Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Breakie: Bagels and cream cheese with butter (lots of it). Â Instant oatmeal or if I am feeling fancy museli. Â Pre-made spro just add hot water for americano. If I want to go real light just grounds added to cocoa and drink it all down grounds and all. Â Throughout the day: Powerbars, GU, and poor man power bars (candy bars). Â Cheese. Â GORP. Â Dinner: Lipton Dinners, cooks fast, tons of salt in them, add couscous to make a solid meal packed with carbos, add canned meat for the first and sometimes the second night. Â Beer stashed for the way out, gives me something to look forward too. Usually it only takes one at that point to get a good buzz. Quote
skyclimb Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Last weekend I ate a half pound of cheese in under 24 hours!!! It felt soo great, cause everytime I owuld go to much on the brick, i would kill a ton of weight. Pizza for the night before climbing,a nd duing climbing to replenish carbohydrates. horse cock if you can carry the wieght, if not jerky for good protein dehydrated fruits, strawberries Danishes for breakfast Poptarts for lunch cheese and bagels/tortillas with spicy mustard for good measure horsecock, or jerky if you can't take the wieght dehydrated fruits like strawberries. Quote
fenderfour Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Snickers mmmm... the new tuna pouches cold pizza Mountain House Chicken Al a King Thai Kitchen Soup Cocoa Wild Turkey Quote
Dulton Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Last weekend I ate a half pound of cheese in under 24 hours!!! It felt soo great  you didn't have to smell the gas man.... Horse Cock Milky Way (don't get hard when cold) Lipton Dinners Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (just add water mmmmm) Pizza Quote
rbw1966 Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 When I did Mt. Rainier last year, I took pizza. It was yummy. I also like fried chicken from Safeway. Â Is Rainier considered high altitude mountaineering? Not slaggin' on ya, just curious. Quote
Greg_W Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 When I did Mt. Rainier last year, I took pizza. It was yummy. I also like fried chicken from Safeway. Â Is Rainier considered high altitude mountaineering? Not slaggin' on ya, just curious. Â No idea, but that's the extent of my high mountaineering. Quote
olyclimber Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 When I did Mt. Rainier last year, I took pizza. It was yummy. I also like fried chicken from Safeway. Â Is Rainier considered high altitude mountaineering? Not slaggin' on ya, just curious. Â Fair question, and while it might be directed at the person who mentioned Mt. Rainier, perhaps I should clarify or change my question to: What you can keep down either at high altitude or when going through gain of altitude that has an effect on your ablility to keep things down? Altitude is a relative thing. Some people get sick on Rainier, other only yack above 18,000. After all, it is not the elevation you get sick at, but whether you're having the most fun doing so, that determines if you're the best climber. Quote
scott_harpell Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 When I did Mt. Rainier last year, I took pizza. It was yummy. I also like fried chicken from Safeway. Â Is Rainier considered high altitude mountaineering? Not slaggin' on ya, just curious. Â anywhere people vomit climbing i would venture to say i high altitude... especially when people live at 5 feet and go to 14,000 the next day. Quote
Squid Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I always pack in a couple of 40's of OE (helps with acclimatization), Cheetos (regular or nacho flavor) and some breath mints. Quote
lummox Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I always pack in a couple of 40's of OE (helps with acclimatization), Cheetos (regular or nacho flavor) and some breath mints. i am looking forward to the tr from an 'edward 40 hands' ascent of something. Quote
rbw1966 Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I always pack in a couple of 40's of OE (helps with acclimatization), Cheetos (regular or nacho flavor) and some breath mints. Â This will indoubtedly lead to some quite colorful vomitus. Â By Scott's definition then, Hood is high altitude. Righteous! Quote
MrDoolittle Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I prefer coagulated bacon grease spread onto bagels and topped with kosher salt. Â ML tells a story about a father/son team that showed up to a 6 day Basic Alpine Mountaineering course with six days worth of Burger King hamburgers. Â Day 1... Son: Boy, these hamburgers sure taste good! Dad: Yup! Who needs that rehydrated crap when you've got a good ol' hamburger. Â Day 2... Son: Boy these hamburgers sure tasted good yesterday! Dad: Yup! Â Day3... Son: Hamburgers... Dad: Yup... Â Day 4... Son: Dad? Dad: Yeah? Son: Did you heat up this hamburger? Dad: Nope. Son: Then how did it get hot? Â Day 5... Son: Dad? I don't feel so good...BBBLURPH Dad: Me neither. I think it's the altitude. Here, have another hamburger. Son: These hamburgers taste like pain. Â Day 6... Son: Dad? There's blood in my BM. Dad: Me too, son. Me too. I never read about this in Freedom of the Hills. Son: I'm dizzy. Dad: I think it's altitude sickenss. Son: There are bugs in my eyes! I can feel them!!! I'm gonna carve them out with a hamburger!!! Quote
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