Food for extended day climbs?
'extended day climbs' =?= '24 hours on the go', but when it comes to staying light for multipitch or some grand traverse/XC tri it's mostly a hydration question, water is heavy. Since I prefer tasty water-laden food to washing down some goo I either eat well before starting (the night before) and ride out the adrenaline. With intense activity like biking strenuously I can bonk after a couple hours, without leg fatigue, so bananas and clif bars. Climbing though, whatever the nutrition, my arms and fingers give out way before metabolic crash. I'm not recommending it for anyone else, it's ill informed but what I do.
Russ,rjackson wrote:Some protein and some chocolate.
Lots of fluids (partial to alternating G2 and H2O).
And then a little more chocolate.
Bananas and oranges if you can keep from squishing them.
And then a little more chocolate.
I quit with the bananas after a climb I guided in Red Rocks that I wound up licking my pack for some nourishment. Never again. But man they were good! Maybe if there are no Chimneys...
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I usually do the banana on the way in to the crag. A couple months ago I got sidetracked and put it in my cargo pocket thinking I would eat it as soon as I got there. Forgot and then started climbing. Several minutes later squished banana. I was sharing with the bees for the rest of the day. Glad I'm not allergic...kdelap wrote:I quit with the bananas after a climb I guided in Red Rocks that I wound up licking my pack for some nourishment. Never again. But man they were good! Maybe if there are no Chimneys...
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