Tamara Arendt was in the same plane crash as Mary Anne Sorensen (see the previous problem). Tamara was trained in mountaineering and wants to hike down the mountain to safety.
However, it will take her 27.0 d of climbing at 15.0 h per day with 9.0 h of rest per day to reach her destination.
Her food supply consists of 11.0 MJ of candy bars, 16.2 MJ of peanuts, and 8.30 MJ of soda. The only body tissue she is able to consume during the climb is body fat, which is 20.0% of her initial body weight.
When her body fat has been consumed she will die of exhaustion. If she weighs 59.0 kg at the time of the crash, is she better off waiting to be rescued with Mary Anne or climbing down the mountain?