Meals will provide approximately 4,500 calories/day to meet the demands of expedition exertion. Hopefully, the food will be reaonably appetizing. This is important because as the team progresses up the mountain, the altitude diminishes their appetite.  Just when their bodies desperately need abundant food and water, their desire for it decreases. A climber is usually forcing themselves to eat and drink. Therefore, it helps if it tastes good.

All meals are planned in advance and the ingredients are purchased in bulk. The food is repackaged into lightweight sealable plastic bags for rations of five men for one day, and then labeled by date and preparation instructions. Next, the rations are combined into three-day supplies in stuff sacks and the weight distributed evenly among team members to carry on their sleds.  As the expedition progresses and food is consumed, the weight is redistributed.

Lunches and snacks are dispersed to each climber at breakfast, and these become the responsibility of each member to carry and ration their own allotment.  If a climber cannot consume their entire ration, or chooses to maintain a surplus for a future need, they are responsible for carrying it.

The expedition's full menu is detailed below.  In addition to what is listed, there is an ample supply of assorted powdered drinks such as Tang, Gatorade, tea and coffee.  The Tang and Gatorade can be a hot or cold drink (melted glacier water is not always very appealing).  Also, there are several days of food contained in the emergency caches, and those meals are very similar to the regular rations.  Finally, you can see that many of the meals are repeated often throughout the expedition. In those cases, the ingredients are changed slightly at the higher altitudes to increase the intake of calories and some nutrients.

Some days have an instant desert for variety and as an added treat.  All dinners include a "hot wet" soup or drink to warm the body before retiring to bed and to maintain hydration.  Those such drinks which are listed as "hot wet surprise" and "hot wet nasty" are various soup and drink mixes, but exactly what they are Kent forgot when he repackaged them.  So, these will be as much a mystery to the climbers as they are to you.

Follow the links below for each week's specific menu:

• Week One: Days 1 through 7
• Week Two: Days 8 through 14
• Week Three: Days 15 through 21 (including possible Summit Days 19-21)
• Final Days: Days 22 and 23

Week Two

Day	Date	Breakfast	Lunch/Snack	Dinner
8	10 June	Blueberry Pancakes & Eggs  Ingredients:  1 pancake mixer  4 packets panake mix  5 cups syrup  10 cups instant eggs  chives  chili peppers	Trail Mix  Summer Sausage	Lipton Noodles  Hot Wet Onion Soup  Ingredients:  5 packets Lipton Noodles  3 cups instant milk
9	11 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 packets instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Bagels w/cream cheese  Pepperoni	Corn Meal Stuffing & Potatoes  Hot Wet Onion Soup  Ingredients:  5 boxes Stove Top stuffnig  2 cups butter  2 cups instant potatoes  3 packets gravy
10	12 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 packets instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Summer Sausage  Dried Cranberries	Cous Cous & Chicken  Hot Wet Chicken/Mushroom Soup  Ingredients:  5 boxes Cous Cous  1 Can Chicken  10 tablespoons olive oil
11	13 June	Cream of Wheat  Granola Bars  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  5 granola bars	Bagels w/peanut butter & jelly	Lipton Noodle Mix  Oreo Cheese Cake Desert  Hot Wet Vegetable Soup  Ingredients:  5 packets Lipton Noodles  3 cups instant milk
12	14 June	Pancackes & eggs  Ingredients:  5 pkts  pancake mix  10 cups instant eggs  5 cups syrup  spices	Trail Mix	Terryaki Chicken  Hot Wet Potato Soup
13	15 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Summer Sausage  Cheese Bagels	Stove Top Stuffing & Spam  Chocolate Silk Pie Desert  Hot Wet Vegetable Soup  Ingredients:  5 boxes Stove Stop Stuffing  2 cans Smoked Spam
14	16 June	Pancackes & eggs  Ingredients:  5 pkts  pancake mix  10 cups instant eggs  5 cups syrup  spices	Trail Mix	Parmesean Vermicelli  Hot Wet Vegetable Soup  Ingredients:  5 boxes Near East Vermicelli  10 tablespoons olive oil

 

Week Three

Day	Date	Breakfast	Lunch/Snack	Dinner
15	17 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Bagels w/cream cheese  Pepperoni	Cous Cous w/ Broccoli  Hot Wet Ramen  Ingredients:  5 boxes Cous Cous  2 cups grated parmesean
16	18 June	Pancackes & eggs  Ingredients:  5 pkts  pancake mix  10 cups instant eggs  5 cups syrup  spices	Trail Mix	Lipton Noodle w/ tuna  Hot Wet "Surprise"  Ingredients:  5 bags Lipton Noodles  2 cans tuna  3 cups instant milk  1 cup butter
17	19 June	Cream of Wheat  Granola Bars  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  5 granola bars	Bagels w/peanut butter & jelly	Potatoes Julienne w/extra cheese  Hot Wet "Nasty"  Ingredients:  5 boxes instant julienne potatoes  3 cups shredded cheese
18	20 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Trail Mix	Tomato Lentil Cous Cous  Hot Wet "Nasty"  Ingredients:  5 boxes Tomato Lentil Cous Cous  10 tablespoons olive oil
19	21 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Trail Mix	Lipton Noodles  Hot Wet Chicken Ramen  Ingredients:  5 bags Lipton Noodles  1 cup butter
20	22 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Trail Mix & Chocolates	Roasted Garlic Cous Cous  Hot Wet  "Surprise"  Ingredients:  5 boxes Roasted Garlic Cous Cous  2 cups grated parmesean cheese  10 tablespoons olive oil
21	23 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Trail Mix & Chocolates	Lipton Noodles  Hot Wet "Nasty Surprise"  Ingredients:  5 bags Lipton Noodles  1 cup butter

 
Final Days

Day	Date	Breakfast	Lunch/Snack	Dinner
22	24 June	Cream of Wheat  Granola Bars  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  5 granola bars	Trail Mix & Chocolates	StoveTop Stuffing w/Chicken  Instant Desert  Hot Wet "Nasty Surprise"  Ingredients:  5 boxes Chicken Stove Top mix  2 cans chicken  2 cups butter  3 packages gravy
23	25 June	Oatmeal & Pop tarts  Ingredients:  20 pkts instant oatmeal  10 Pop tarts	Trail Mix & Chocolates	Parmesean Vermicelli  Hot Wet Chicken  Soup  Ingredients:  5 boxes Near East Vermicelli  2 cups grated cheese  10 tablespoons olive oil

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