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The Addictive Hunger of ‘Alpine Sandwiches’
Some things are self evident. The high alpine is awesome. Sandwiches are civilization’s gift to itself. Combine the two of them and angels pour forth from heaven with trumpets. At least, that’s what it seems like when you’re hungry and there’s nothing but sky above you, and it’s all documented in a brilliant website called Alpine Sandwiches.
Daniel Kliger of Pemberton, B.C., spends a lot of time in the backcountry, and he enjoys a good grind, and on every outing, hiking, or backpacking trip he’d take a picture of his lunch.
“I just had a folder on my computer of sandwiches and mountains and I was just showing it to friends and my friends told me I should throw it on a website,” Kliger told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. “I did that and suddenly people started sending me photos.”
Well, duh. Alpine. Sandwiches. No brainer.
“I started it as a complete joke, and it still is,” Kliger said, “but people take it pretty seriously.”
They aren’t the only ones. Kliger has 11 rules you have to obey if you want your lunch to have its webby glory. Here are the first six:
1. Your photo should be of the sandwich and the background. If you think that your face should be up on the site you are missing the point here. Feel free to get an arm or hand in there.
2. A wrap is not a sandwich.
3. A sandwich can be open-faced…but you must be specific that this is what you are going after.
4. Ideally your photo should be taken in alpine terrain.This means above treeline or in a climate at high altitude. If you are in a region that does not support this image background, make your best effort and justify it. Any photos on mountains are generally welcome but make an effort to get on a peak or climb something! Please refrain from taking a photo in a forest.
5. A lake photo is not mountainous terrain.
6. Creativity is one of the greatest attributes to a decent sandwich. This being said, don’t make a sandwich just for the sake of getting it on the site (i.e. honey sandwiched between two pieces of apple).
Creativity in sandwich making counts, but you won’t get rejected for submitting a PBJ. In fact, you won’t really get rejected at all, because there’s a separate page for the “denied” sammies.
Here are some of the highlights. Hope you’re hungry.
(Above: Raid the Kitchen Deluxe, Fred Agger, Mt. Whyte, Banff National Park)
About the sandwich:
Giving ingredients a chance at a second life, all components of this sandwich were rescued from grocery store dumpsters and brought together to produce this marvelous mountaintop masterpiece. Mildly stale whole wheat bread encasing a delectable filling of (expired?) shrimp salad, some type of ham with a name I can’t pronounce, Norvegia white cheese, semi-wilty lettuce, and mustard that came out of a tube. Along with a bluebird day and fantastic views of fjords and mountains, this experience took al fresco dining to a whole new elevation. With this new surge of carbs and protein, I was able to continue my day of total radness in true Gnarwegian style.
GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF ANALOG
