[pct-l] Denatured alcohol...

[AsABat]

I also use alcohol stoves most of the time. However, some do seem to
think if they don't see a flame they can pick it up. I've seen it.
Hikers wear a lot of nylon, which melts and sticks to your skin when it
burns. Be careful.

A couple years ago a brush fire was started by thruhikers knocking over
their alcohol stove into the brush. A stove is still a fire - that is,
it has a flame - and therefore needs to be used only in a clearing. 

During extreme fire danger, wood and charcoal fires are often banned in
So Cal. A couple years ago they also banned stoves that could not be
turned off, effectively banning the "Pepsi" style stoves. I suppose a
Trangia might have been ok.

In a past life I was a volunteer firefighter. I still volunteer with a
couple sheriff civilian volunteer organizations, and still see the harm
caused by fire, both to people and to nature. Be careful out there. It's
going to be dry. (Although reported to be snowing at Onyx Summit near
Big Bear this morning.)

AsABat