What Should Rock Climbers Eat?

We all probably dream of better performance, we train forearm muscles, hang in lock-off positions hoping it will help us on the rock. But many of us forget, that one needs to eat properly to improve in climbing. Beer and crisps are of course essential, but they are more for the psychological health than for the physical one.
So first of all what you need is energy. Therefore there is no place for mushrooms (unless magic) or other kinds of food that consume more energy than can be produced in climber's menu. A climber also needs the energy to be quickly produced. Not many people know, that baked beans are sources of very fast energy. Moreover, beans have been noted in the history of climbing long time ago. All children have been told the story about a grandma and a grandpa, who used the bean plant to climb to the heavens (which, obviously is higher than any rock!). Well we have no details about the difficulty or exact date of this climb, nor the names of the climbers are known, but we believe eating beans can help you to get to the climbing heavens.
We all know about the side-effect of eating beans which is to blame why beans are not so much liked even if they are very nutritious and tasty. For climbers, this is no side-effect! Climbers use the reactive force of the exhaust gases while climbing to propel up!
So if you are planning to improve a grade or so before the end of the season, look for beans!

New name for Lithuania

Found a nice name for our beloved country: in terms of climbing, Lithuania should be called Flatlandia or Flatuania! Here I recall a line I sometimes sing in the mountains: "Lietuvoj ner kalnu, Lietuvoj ner kalnu.." (translation: there are no mountains in Lithuania) in the melody of a song from series Courage the Cowardly Dog which I found here.

Where is Kindergarden?

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I remember I talked to someone who did not know where the Kindergarden rock is, so I hope I can still help. The rock is in the very center of the map (placemark next time), where the path is wider.

Cosmic Frogs near Piz Boe

Recently Sharas decided to join our club and we somehow had to test him. It isn't about testing if he is strong enough, but more if his soul is pure enough to join Silelis. So we took him onto survival trip, to see if he survives. We had been thinking - if he survives, then we admit him into the club. If no, then nobody to admit - no man, no trouble so to say.
We took him to ferrata Cesare Piazzetta rated 5C out of 5C (scale 1-5, A-C). The challenges he faced were:
*He had broken his leg in winter
*It was his first ferrata
*Scary moving bridge without wood plates (he almost failed there)
*Headache from lack of oxygen at 3152m altitude
*It was very cold to sleep in 2800m altitude
*Cosmic frog was attacking the tents and disturbing the sleep
*No ketchup, only mayonnaise (I almost did not survive this myself)

So we put him in a very sticky situation as you see, and he survived! Congratulations to our new member!