Mountaineering 101: Trail Food

Since I climb mountains, I learned which food to eat while climbing. Of course you can't eat heavy meals along the way unless you are going to stop first and have your lunch. But while walking or taking a quick rest, you can munch on these trail foods.

First there these famous trail foods like the one from Nature Valley. It contains oats, rice crispies, honey, almonds, raisins, peanuts and sunflower seeds. Usually you'll find these stuff at the supermarket at the nuts or breakfast section and they cost maybe around 20 pesos. Just look for those that says Trail Mix. Or you may want to just make your own trail mix by buying nuts for protein such as peanuts, walnuts, almonds or whatever nuts you prefer then for your sugar, dried fruits such as raisins, pineapples, apricots, mangoes(this one is the best), prunes. Just mix them in a zip lock bag and you have your own customized trail mix.

You can even add a few candies if you want for added sugar. Or you can just eat the candies alone if you were not ableto buy or make your trail mix but will pass by a convenient store. A perfect example would be our very own Nips candy covered chocolate candies or Skittles.

The best trail food that I found out would be the jelly sticks. These are flavored jellies in sticks so you can just suck and eat them while walking. It's super cheap plus it contains sugar and water at the same time giving you energy. The jellies come in different flavors and are made by different brands. I prefer the brand Mr. Jiggles since its texture is a bit chewy unlike the others that are too watery and Mr. Jiggles is easier to open. If you can't find jelly sticks, you can just buy the regular shaped jellies though they are harder to eat because you need to remove its lid first.

Besides your water or whatever drink you have, don't let yourself die of starvation when you climb or even when traveling. You can bring these food. They are light and cheap and can be bought in your local grocery stores or even convenient store.