When it comes to mountain marathons like the OMM, or LAMM  there’s a myriad of factors that influence how quickly you’re going to get around. Some are down to personal skills and training, and these can only be improved the old fashioned way – by slogging around the mountains in whatever spare time you have. One of the biggest factors though is the weight of the kit you’re carting around. As a result, mountain marathoners often go to endless lengths to shave off a few grams where they can. When I took part in the recent OMM event in Mid-Wales, I brought along Alpkit’s MytiMug, their flagship titanium mug/kettle, weighing in at just 110 gr and providing the central piece of our lightweight cooking system.

Alpkit's rather useful MytiMug

Having lugged quite heavy foods along on the LAMM earlier this year, my partner and I had decided that this time around