{"id":4298,"date":"2026-01-19T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:34:03","slug":"sustaining-the-summit-an-analysis-of-nutritional-strategies-and-eating-habits-in-julius-payers-high-altitude-expeditions-in-the-italian-alps","status":"publish","type":"abstract","link":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/abstract\/sustaining-the-summit-an-analysis-of-nutritional-strategies-and-eating-habits-in-julius-payers-high-altitude-expeditions-in-the-italian-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustaining the Summit: An Analysis of Nutritional Strategies and Eating Habits in Julius Payer\u2019s High-Altitude Expeditions in the Italian Alps"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Introduction: The Appetite for Discovery<\/p>\n<p>1.1.\tThe Historical Context<br \/>\nBrief overview of 19th-century Alpine exploration and the scientific\/military drivers behind Payer\u2019s surveys.<\/p>\n<p>1.2. Julius Payer: Explorer and Provisioner<br \/>\nIntroducing Payer as a cartographer and mountaineer, and as an expedition leader.<\/p>\n<p>1.3. The Research Question &amp; Thesis<br \/>\nWhat can Payer\u2019s eating habits reveal about 19th-century expedition food science, cultural adaptation, and the relationship between nutrition and performance in extreme environments? Thesis: Payer\u2019s provisioning balanced emerging European preservation technologies with local Alpine foodways, creating a pragmatic, locally sourced diet that prioritised caloric density and significant alcohol intake, directly impacting team morale and endurance.<\/p>\n<p>1.4. Methodology &amp; Sources<br \/>\nAnalysis of Payer\u2019s firsthand accounts, expedition diaries, secondary historical biographies, and studies of 19th-century food preservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":964,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":""},"event-name":[78],"mode":[75],"review":[90],"class_list":["post-4298","abstract","type-abstract","status-publish","hentry","event-name-rmc26","mode-talk","review-abstract_accepted-as-poster","scope-anthropology","scope-history","scope-tourism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/abstract"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6322,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4298\/revisions\/6322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-name?post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"mode","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mode?post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"review","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmc2026.my-event-manager.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review?post=4298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}