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Backpacking Cooking Equipment

Lightweight backpacking cooking equipment

Today’s photo, of my backpacking cooking equipment,  is an illustration for a booklet I am writing about backpacking food. This is my lightweight backpacking cooking equipment I use regularly when backpacking and lightweight camping. I often carry it when I head out to work on a Friday, where I think I will have time in the afternoon when I am finished to go out in the countryside somewhere for a walk and a mug of tea.

lightweight backpacking cooking equipment

It is based around a titanium mug with a lid that I use both as a mug and a cooking pot and a multi-fuel titanium stove. Most of the items will pack in a small stuff sack.

When backpacking the kit goes in an outside rucksack pocket so it is easy to get to for using on the trail.

For a full description if this kit, including the latest updates I have made – backpacking cooking gear.


This article and kit has been updated several times since I wrote this. Must most up to date lightweight backpacking cookset can be found here, with the weights spreadsheet here.

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Travel Tap – Micro Purification Water Filter Bottle

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Jeremy bought me this bottle for Christmas – the specs are here.

This is a really simple, lightweight, way to produce safe drinking water whilst I am backpacking or wild camping. No moving parts, batteries or pumps – drink straight from the bottle or use it to fill another water container or pot. When I wild camped in the Lakes last year I carried 3l or 3kg of water, my pack without the water weighed less than 9kgs – in the future I can top up along the way and save weight.

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Old Man of Coniston pt2 – Saturday Evening

Sunset and Wild Camping

Our plan for the weekend is to spend the night up on the tops, so we can get some sunset and sunrise photographs – as well as to enjoy camping away from a commercial site.

Once we got to the top – we made some tea, took some photos and waited for the other people on the summit to leave and for the sun to set.

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tea

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Richard helping out a “just married” couple

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Wild Camping – Old Man of Coniston

We found a very good spot a short walk from the summit of the Old Man of Coniston.

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Thanks to CheapTents.com, don’t let the name put you off. They supplied my MSR Hubba tent, footprint and gear loft and during the whole process their customer service was second to none. I would recommend them.

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