>>2845236holes hold on to food, cut the spoon as short as your pot (+ a couple mm so you can wedge it for no rattle). Grind off the sides of the handle, you just need the thin concave centre
>>2845235No trouble there, those are easy mods you can do while you're resting on a hike. Here's some of my favourites:
- cut backpack webbing to your size, leave a little extra for winter layers
- cut off unnecessary parts of your pack. Don't need that daisy chain, hipbelt pockets, extra ice axe loop, heavy trekking pole retention, alternative buckle configs, water bladder retention, zip? Chances are you won't miss them.
- Bevel the corners of your foam mat. Hell, cut it to hip length and use a thinner one + clothes and pack under your legs
- Replace heavy backpack hardware and webbing with cord knots. I use prussik knots and cord in lieu of compression straps and drawstring toggles.
- Swap your headlamp strap for a sturdy elastic band with a toggle.
- Whittle away your knife handle if it's wood or plastic
- Ditch drysacks for turkey roasting bags or plastic grocery bags, twist the top and chuck something on top to weigh it down
- Carry alcohol fuel in a mylar pouch (e.g. those protein yoghurt drinks or toddler paste slop meal pouches)
Turn it into a game of optimization and it's pretty fun if you're wired that way
