Bringing real food for all day climbing
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Looking for suggestions that get away from probars and gels that will keep me fueled for 12 to 20 hours of mostly continuous exertion. I can make jerky, bars, and gels work; but I'm wondering what can be a better choice for my body. Bonking and having a gurgling/upset stomach is not ideal. |
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I like to bring along spam musubi or other varieties of rice cakes. The saltiness of the spam really hits the spot late in the day. Scrambled egg and pickled japanese ginger is great and the ginger can help soothe the stomach. |
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Mother knows best: "Have an apple." |
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Single-pitch cragging or long routes? |
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a couple P B & J and bananas |
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I usually rack a turkey sandwich on my harness on long routes. |
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Rigggs24 wrote: a couple P B & J and bananasX2 but on on mini wheat bagels. they'll end up less smushed in the bottom of your pack. plus slim jims |
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Climbing friend, |
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Frozen water bottle. Wrap up your favorite perishables and wallahhhh. My buddies appreciate every time. |
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Rigggs24 wrote: a couple P B & J and bananasI'm a huge fan of this for all my trips. Put it in a small Tupperware box. I like some heavy nut bread, chunky style. Or an egg sandwich with cheese avocado sriracha, tomato, spinach. Time for breakfast! |
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Tuna in sunflower oil comes in a large foil pack. Add 2 mayo and 2 mustard packets (get them from a fast food place) and you have 500-600 calories and real food, I eat this plain on all day mountaineering trips for lunch. You can also add crackers and smash them up into it. |
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The well crafted Tupperware-like container seems to rule for healthy food at the crag food: sport climbing and single pitch. Contents are covered in earlier posts. |
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Dr. Long Arm wrote:I usually rack a turkey sandwich on my harness on long routes.+1 |
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Sandwich wrap, avocado, banana (early snack), gruyere, dried sausage, nuts. |
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JWong wrote:I like to bring along spam musubi or other varieties of rice cakes. The saltiness of the spam really hits the spot late in the day. Scrambled egg and pickled japanese ginger is great and the ginger can help soothe the stomach. Allen Lim at Skratch Labs has all kinds of recipes for rice cakes and other packable foods. skratchlabs.com/blogs/news+1 on Allen Lim recipes. I've used his recipes for century rides, and no GI distress that I would routinely get from gels/bars. This cookbook is amazing: feedzonecookbook.com/portab… |
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Probably not what you're looking for but I used a bunch of military MRE's on a backpack trip once. They weren't terrible, also not delicious. Kinda heavy. Though I had a ton of energy and my friends were zonked out from elevation and their dehydrated foods. I was running circles around them. Hunting out good fishing spots and even hiking all around lakes at our camp while they laid in their tents. |
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Gummy bears are amazing and cheap |
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lately i bring a foil pack of tuna and an avocado, mush those 2 together in the foil pack and it makes a decent lunch that doesnt sit like a brick. bonus to bring some hot sauce (salt is useful on a long day). |
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When I ice climb, I bring along a thermous with some hot soup. I suppose you could throw in some pasta...go heavy (and hot) and the sauce and maybe cook the pasta a little extra al dente and it should be somewhat decent for 4-5 hours. A good tip is to pour hot water into the thermous and get it warm before adding the hot food. |
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Being one with the metabolism of a hummingbird, I like to think of myself as an expert on this subject of keeping food close by. Here are some of my favorites for climbing..
Cragging:
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SteveMarshall wrote: i have a hard time keeping avocados and bananas from squishing in my pack so its more of a day-cragging lunch... need to find another solution. same goes for pbj, too squishy.Oh man, this has been a life saver. I love bananas for climbing and always struggled with smashing them. I got this idea from Jonathon Siegrist's mom in Ten Sleep last summer. amazon.com/Peregrine-609230… I'm sure there's one for avocados as well. For PBJ, just use a sandwhich tupperware. |