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Why should I count calories?

Good question!  The difference here is fat calories.  The traditional alpine mountaineer needs to replace carbohydrates to avoid BONKING! Not fat!

One scone is 930 calories   Fourteen slces of bread and a lot of jelly is 930 calories
from Time Magazine, January 13, 2003


--On Belay! Bob Speik
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Carbo-ration and Hydration in traditional mountaineering
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