The Mount Challenge - Cooking

The Mount Challenge is a based lightweight camping and you should bring a single burner gas stove or stove like a Trangia which burns meths. You will need to make sure you have enough fuel to last the weekend, bear in mind the cooking may not goes as smoothly as you might hope. Since there will only be two of you, the cooking pots can be small. The Challenge Menu is designed to cooked on a single burner stove so it will be possible. However, it might be a good idea to try out cooking in this way, the order of cooking the different items will be important as well as keeping it all warm. The sort of pots which come with a Trangia or a Gilwell canteen are ideal. If these are not to hand a small pot, a small frying pan and a second pot or a small kettle for boiling water will be all you need.

Follow Doc Mount's guide to an easy Mount Challenge Weekend of Cooking

• Make sure you have a stove and pots
• Bring a collapsable water carrier and make sure it is empty!
• Make sure you know the safety rules for using the stove and handling/storing the fuel
• Bring sufficient fuel for the weekend (evening meal and breakfast)
• A windshield is almost essential if you have a gas stove, otherwise a lot of the heat will be lost.
• Remember the pots may be dirtier at the end of the weekend and so bring a plastic bag to put them.
• Remember that you can put some kit in the pots to use up the space when packing your rucsac.
• Without matches you will be sunk. make sure you have some and keep them dry