WhittakerMountaineering.com -- meals, 4 day muir summit climb

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MEAL PACKAGES ARE NOT SHIPPED.
They can be picked up the morning of day 1 of your program.
Orders must be placed at least 24 hours before your trip.

After ordering, you will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to customize your meals.

Listed below are the meals and choices available.

Day-1

Dinner at Basecamp Grill

Choice of the following meal: [ Chicken Burger with Salad], or Hamburger with Salad, or Veggieburger with Salad, or Salmon Burger with Salad

Day-2

Breakfast at Whittaker's Bunkhouse

You will have a selection of items to choose from at the time of your breakfast. Items include Breakfast Burritos, Sausage or Ham and Egg Bagel or Biscuit. Yogurt, Medium Coffee or Juice. Toasted Bagel with Cream cheese.
Choice of the following sandwich: [Turkey], or Ham, or Roast Beef, or Veggie
Day snacks: cookie, candy/energy bar, chips, drink mix

Dinner at Basecamp Grill

Choice of the following meal: [Chicken Burger with Salad], or Hamburger with Salad, or Veggieburger with Salad, or Salmon Burger with Salad

Day-3

Breakfast at Whittaker's Bunkhouse

You will have a selection of items to choose from at the time of your breakfast. Items include Breakfast Burritos, Sausage or Ham and Egg Bagel or Biscuit. Yogurt, Medium Coffee or Juice. Toasted Bagel with Cream cheese.

Trail Lunch

Choice of the following sandwich: [Turkey], or Ham, or Roast Beef, or Veggie
Day snacks: cookie, candy/energy bar, chips, drink mix

Dinner

Soup
Hot instant pasta choice: [Meat], or Veggie
Candy/Energy Bar
Hot drink: [Cocoa], or Cider, or Tea, or Coffee

Day-4

Breakfast

2 oatmeal packets, breakfast bar
Hot drink: [Cocoa], or Cider, or Tea, or Coffee

Lunch

Choice of: [Combo Pizza - 2 Slices], or Veggie Pizza - 2 Slices, or Peanut Butter and Jelly
Day snacks: trail mix,jerky, cheese and crackers, Gu Packets, Trail Bars, fruit mix, drink mix

About These Meal Packages

Climbing Mt Rainier burns about 8000-11,000 calories, depending on your sex, size and fitness level. Prior training will help your body utilize stored calories as a supplement to what you're eating. This is good! It's not unusual to have a low appetite during the climb itself. Eating small amounts of foods high in carbohydrates and drinking fluids on a set schedule provides glucose to your hard working muscles. Eating small amounts frequently also may reduce the chance of an upset stomach.

Whittaker Mountaineering's meal packages provide the recommended ratio of 15% protein, 65% carbohydrate, and 20% fat. These foods are generally lightweight, tasty and travel well in a pack. Calorie content per meal package ranges from 2,800 to 4,000, depending on if it's a training/school day or summit climb day.

- Kim Rausch, R.D., C.D. Nutritionist

10/14/11

The last thing you want to think about when climbing Mt. Rainier for the first time is how many calories you are taking in, what and how much food to pack, etc. The meal plan has plenty of great food packed and ready when you need it most.

Kevin Sparks

09/17/11

This was a good decision for me, as I was traveling from the east coast to do a Rainier climb - it was great that this was already taken care of. The food was good and the quantity just right.

Joe Healy

08/29/11

This food package is perfect. I just brought along a few of my favorite carb-protein bars in addition.

Dave Kestel

07/25/11

The convenience offered by this package was substantial. The amount of food was actually pretty over the top. There is no way that a normal person could consume the amount of food they included. I think that I ate maybe half of the stuff by the time I had finished the 4 day climb. The sandwiches, pizza and breakfasts were solid but nothing amazing. The grill food is pretty good, but again nothing amazing. In all seriousness though, all I was really looking for were calories and the food certainly provided what I needed. I could have gotten most of the items I needed from a grocery store for about 1/3 the price but with this package I didn't have to shop myself and didn't have to spent time packaging items to go into my pack. That made the price worth it to me.

Chris

07/15/11

This was one of the best decisions I made... It would have been tough to figure out my food situation since I was traveling cross country for the climb. The meal plan had great variety and there was MORE than enough food for me for the duration of my trip. The breakfasts at Whittakers were great and the dinners at Base Camp are fantastic! Seriously, best turkey burger I ever had.

Shannon

06/14/11

It was nice to have the food prepared because it gave me time to focus on other aspects of preparation. It was particularly helpful for me because I flew in from out of town and did not have time to locate a supermarket and get appropriate food for the climb. (Ashford, WA is, at most, a tiny hamlet. The general store has very little.) Yes, it costs more than buying it yourself, but it is cheaper if you consider the cost of an extra suitcase on a flight.

John

10/15/10

It was nice to have all the snacks pulled together for me, but a quick trip to the grocery store would have yielded the same for about 1/4 the cost. There was more than enough to eat though, with lots of variety.

Dave

09/30/10

The food was convenient and plentiful. The variety is good. Overall a bit pricey but it takes the guesswork out especially for first-time climbers.

John Ketner

09/27/10

If you live in the area, bring your own food. If you are like us and flyiing in, this is a great option. You have plenty of other things to worry about so let them supply your food. It ain't the best food in the world...no surprise...you are mountain climbing...not hanging out at the Hilton. Only complaint: Getting coffee was way too difficult early in the morning. Bring instant Starbucks and a way to boil H2O.

Stuart

09/16/10

The climb was outstanding! I really enjoyed learning about mountaineering and the guides were excellent. An added bonus was the fact that our lead guide was famed mountaineer David Hahn! I would love to do another climb with RMI in the future.

Hans Reigle

08/24/10

It was nice to have everything done without having to figure it out. I liked the sandwiches and pizza, and there were plenty of snacks and a wide variety of sweet and salty. The plan doesn't have a ton of protein in the snacks, so bring some extra jerky or something.

Lee

08/17/10

The food was high quality and very tasty. And there were more than enough snacks...I even had some left over after the climb! Definitely recommend.

Billy Mehojah

06/16/10

The 4 day food package was GREAT! It not only gave me great sustenance while I prepared for the climb, but the to go package had more than enough to keep me going all the way to the top!

Taber Gonzales