Gourmet Chocolate for the Backcountry Set

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In case you’ve missed the hoopla, it's Valentine’s Day, and for many that means chocolate. Of course to some of us every day can mean chocolate, and we’d never consider heading out on a hike, ski, or climb without some of the dark stuff along for its “energy” and “health benefits.”...

That's still not enough to met my wife to consider backpacking. Chocolate, wine and perhaps a fleet of sherpas and we may start making progress.

Can't help you with the sherpas, Alan, but maybe you can bring along one of those small boxed wines to enjoy (of course someone has to carry it).

You can try telling her how guilt-free and delicious chocolate and other goodies are when you've worked off a few hundred (or thousand) calories beforehand. It's easier to rationalize your indulgences then (I need this chocolate to keep up my energy...).

Remember, for backpacking, climbing, skiing, and other woodsy activities, chocolate is the most important of the fundamental food groups. It is chock full of Vitamin Ch. If you need it, alan, Dr. OGBO will write a prescription for your wife, for a large box of Vitamin Ch, each bite to be taken with a half glass of merlot, sirah, chardonnay, port, or sherry. However, there is a precaution - side effects above 10,000 ft altitude may be increased to the point of overwhelming the male companion of the patient.

My only complaint is that no matter how close I put my nose to the screen, I couldn't smell the chocolate!

Mmmmmm Chocolate - Homer Simpson