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!