Nutrition demands in the mountains are extreme. Add factors like a heavy pack, varying terrain type, heat, weather, smoke, and you can wind up with nutrition needs that seem more like the calculation for an atoms potential than a calorie calculation.

Luckily for us, Dr. Brent Ruby spent more than 25 years studying this to help us understand exactly how it works. He joints us for two parts- one on nutrition (this one) and the physical demands and training for such tasks in part 2.

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Dr. Brent Ruby.

Summary of Dr. Ruby's Research

Access to our F+ Cohort Sign Up

Managing [Nutrition] Extremes in Hostile Mountain Environments Article

You asked. We answered.

• What about white meat? Do the same premises apply?
• How about vegetables? I love grilled veggies, but are the risks the same?
• Is there an idea ration of red meat, white meat, and fish we should be aiming for in a week?
• How do you make your own jerky if you don't use nitrates?
• We typically make brats and summer sausage with our meat- is that ok or how do you process yours?

Plus much, much more.

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Link to Fueling Your Ascent Guide

Foundations- Group 3- Summer/Fall

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Link to the WCRF and much of the research cited: https://www.wcrf.org/

The 2024 Exo Mtn Gear Death Hike of the Grand Canyon's iconic rim-to-rim-to-rime is in the books.

We recap the hike, nutrition, how we changed out training- and a host of other topics.

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