Looking for creative ways...

[disco-stu]

Im looking to go lighter as I try to shed as much pack weight as possible and cover more miles! Any creative homemade ideas for storage/transport of my cooking pot, utensils, and small plastic mug? Im trying to avoid plastic....

[ScottP]

Are you carrying extra in your belly?

[disco-stu]

Hahaha good point.....no sub 145 and dropping as the section hikes add up

[Sarcasm the elf]

Its best to avoid cotton clothing when backpacking. Do you wear your Disco Stu jean jacket on the trail?

[johnnybgood]

Ti-Ware cookset is UL , if you spend a few more duckies.

[Sandy of PA]

If you have a cookpot that is your mug! The only utensil you need is a spoon.

[daddytwosticks]

When I go ultralight (not all the time), I use a SP-600 mug, lexan spoon, and a titanium Esbit wing stove.

[BrianLe]

One creative approach is to go without a stove or pot or mug, i.e., a style shift in what kinds of foods you carry and how you eat them. Or indeed as Sandy suggested, combine the mug and cookpot items into one.

[RWheeler]

Then just carry them in your bag. Don't need any extra container. Just get a rubber band and make sure the lid stays on, if that's the style of your pot.

[d.o.c]

in your food bag put rice crispy treats over snickers same calories half the weight..

[garlic08]

Gadget stole my thunder on this one, beat me to it. The last leap I made in lightening my load was leaving behind the kitchen completely, except for a lexan cup and spoon. That got me below the weight threshold for a frameless pack, which saved yet another pound or more. Before that it was going with a single-wall tent, switching to a short closed-cell foam pad, switching to down sleeping bag, leaving behind the fleece, bringing a razor blade instead of multitool, a single sheet of difficult puzzles instead of a book, an LED light...the list is long.