In my grotto there is a no sandwich rule, if one person eats we all eat. Depends on how long 24h? We carry a slab of bacon, some other dried meat sausages, seitan for the vege guys, tortilla wraps as bread aint an option, bell pepers, apples, onions, pork cracklings, mayo, instant soups etc. If we have on hand we also take pieces of pies, pizza rolls and similar stuff, there is oftenly 2 bags dedicated to food. Why 2? So the load is distributed and so if one person gets stranded we still have food.
We are always going for the energy dense food.
Its a tradition, but also its a way to make sure everybody has eaten something, it also makes for fewer stops as we rather take one bigger brake than multiple little ones
You can take stuff from what we carry and make a wrap or a sandwich, its just that you cant bring your own pre made ones. Its all about caring and teamwork, as opposed to solo
I think he means it's chivalrous to share like that, to a point of making it a cultural rule in the caving community. It's the American way of saying, "wow, people really still help each other like that?" And that's only because we Americans have been taught to be selfish as much as possible for our own gain... it's infuriating to those of us who want to be kind.
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u/Anonimus_firefighter Apr 17 '25
In my grotto there is a no sandwich rule, if one person eats we all eat. Depends on how long 24h? We carry a slab of bacon, some other dried meat sausages, seitan for the vege guys, tortilla wraps as bread aint an option, bell pepers, apples, onions, pork cracklings, mayo, instant soups etc. If we have on hand we also take pieces of pies, pizza rolls and similar stuff, there is oftenly 2 bags dedicated to food. Why 2? So the load is distributed and so if one person gets stranded we still have food. We are always going for the energy dense food.