Gas and Cooking Items

Equipment
Written By Peter Boyle

Hey Team, sorry about the rubbish bin. I was letting the gas out from the cylinder Iin preparation for this Blog

In this edition, Gas and Cooking.

I have seen a lot of questions about gas and stoves.

  • What Stove should I use

  • How much gas will I use

Well here goes!

Firstly, my intentions are to cook twice a day, Breakfast and Dinner with a cold top up between 10:00 & 11:00 each day whilst walking.

  • Breakfast will be Oats and a cup of Tea

  • Top up something like Mountain bread, Vegemite and Cheese, and

  • Dinner will be a dehydrated meal and a cup of Tea. 

To break up the monotony I will also have some Scroggin in one of my pouches

For Cooking I will be using the following items:

  • MSR Pocket Rocket

    • Be considerate when using this little beauty it is very efficient when in use, however it can make a lot of noise

  • MSR Gas where available

    • I am using the 374gm canister, this is when full. 150gms when it is empty.

    • I use on average 5gs per 250 - 300 mils of water

    • Allowing for some cold weather etc. this will give me 20 Days gas per cylinder.

  • Toaks (Light) Titanium Mug 500ml

    • Very light weight and has the mils measurements on the inside

  • Sea to Summit (X MUG) collapsible

    • For cups of Tea, it also has the mils measurements on the inside

  • In addition to these items, I have the following items;

    • Stabilizing Stand that goes on the bottom of the Gas Cylinder

    • A Magneto to light the stove

    • A Spork for eating

Put it all together and it fits inside one small stuff sack.

P.S. Yes, you can see our Bordoodle (Betty) in the bottom Left of this picture

Peter Boyle
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