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by goatforce5 2131 days ago
His team also took Kendal Mint Cake up Everest:

> Sir Edmund Hillary and his team carried Romney's Kendal Mint Cake with them on the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. The packaging currently includes the following: “'We sat on the snow and looked at the country far below us … we nibbled Kendal Mint Cake.' A member of the successful Everest expedition wrote – 'It was easily the most popular item on our high altitude ration – our only criticism was that we did not have enough of it.'”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_Mint_Cake

Imagine a Peppermint Pattie, but intensified by an order of magnitude.