Most departures start the meal plan with dinner on day one and end with breakfast on the last morning. In between you get a hot breakfast, something you can eat while walking, and dinner at the halt.
Breakfast is usually porridge or upma, eggs if the halt allows, tea, and something sweet. Lunch is packed when the day is long: paratha, a dry vegetable, fruit, and a bar. Dinner is dal, rice or roti, a vegetable, and soup when the camp is cold.
Tell us about a diet when you enquire. Jain, vegetarian, and no-onion meals are easy to plan if the cook knows before the rations are bought. A request on the summit morning is harder.
We carry drinking water planning for about two litres a person while walking, and we refill at the halts. Bring a bottle you already like.
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