[pct-l] Making Soda Can Stoves @ the PCT

[Donna Saufley]

Deems wrote:

"At the ADZ, most hikers should be ready to hit the trail!"

Deems, you are so right, but alas, this is simply not the case.  Why show up
prepared, having already made the effort and done your homework and
preparation when you can have it all spoon fed to you before you start?  

Many will say that the KO doesn't add to the number of hikers on the trail,
but I strongly disagree.  There are many who wouldn't make it out there more
than a few days if they didn't have the one-stop shopping and hand-holding
that the KO provides, and the guaranteed company of others who did do their
homework beforehand to lean upon.

There's a fine line between kindness and enabling. Over time I've developed
the opinion that if you haven't done your homework and preparation
(including training, practicing with/testing your gear) before you attempt a
2,650 mile wilderness hike across mountains and deserts, you simply don't
belong out there.  Cold-hearted?  Definitely.  But realistic.

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Deems
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:14 PM
To: pct
Subject: [pct-l] Making Soda Can Stoves @ the PCT

I designed the Pika stove and will be at the KO, but since I'm flying in 
ultralight, I won't have my toolkit, pikas, or workshop to build any stoves.

I can give plenty of input and moral support to anyone willing to build 
impromptu stoves there, tho the KO is for hikers ready to hit the PCT. Last 
year I drove in, and several hikers showed up at my camp unannounced hearing

I built stoves. I mentioned, geez, I didn't plan on this or bring any 
tools... However, I quickly built a Catstove with a pocket knife and 
churchkey in my campsite, and gave away a few parts and fuel to get some 
hikers out onto their trail adventure. I can't do that this year, but if 
someone brings in some soda cans, knives, tools, church keys, cat food cans,

etc I could probably cobble up something for only a few desparate hikers 
needing help. At the ADZ, most hikers should be ready to hit the trail! At 
the hiker gatherings like the fall ALDHAwest, I have given a few indepth 
quality stove workshops with one on one building sessions. The beauty and 
simplicity of the Catstove, is that it can be built on trail by most any 
hiker with very crude cheap tools, so it is worth checking out Trail Dad's 
innovative stove design before hitting the trail and knowing that you can 
build it yourself if needed..
~
http://royrobinson.homestead.com/   Much more info lies here, than just the 
CatStove..
~
Kathleen Salmon wrote:
> Hello! I thought I read somewhere that there would be a soda-can
> stove workshop at the kickoff. I don't see it though on the event
> page. Will anyone be holding a workshop?

Here are detailed instructions for making one I designed:

http://scottbryce.com/yaas_stove/index.html

If you want one that is more fuel stingy, look here:

http://users.sisqtel.net/losthiker/pikastove/

Both of these are chimney style stoves, based on the Cat stove. 


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