This food thread is on the two Whitney sites, but in case anyone is not looking at both, here are some food-related quotes from the mountaineering literature. (There are more).. Harvey
Most expeditions have some story about their food and
attitudes to it vary from the haute cuisine of some French
expeditions to the blunt assertion of Tilman, the famous
eccentric and explorer, that he did not mind as long
as there was some.
Joe Tasker, Everest the Cruel Way page 158
....the spartan diet he had calculated as meeting all our calorific needs even if it did not meet the needs of the soul.
Joe Tasker, Savage Arena page 46
You'll never find enlightenment on a full stomach.
Doug Scott in Greg Child, Mixed Emotions page 155
