Etymology

logan bread

Today it means: A dense, nutritious bread for backpacking made with honey, molasses, eggs, wholewheat flour, and assorted dried fruit and nuts. Full definition →

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The story

In 1950, Gordon Herreid, the leader of the University of Alaska party to climb Mount Logan (the highest mountain in Canada), induced a baker in Fairbanks to make an indestructible high-energy bread for the group.

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