[pct-l] Multi-fuel stove?

[Will Hiltz]

Also-


Don't listen to those alcohol-stove nazis!  My MSR was AWESOME, not too
heavy, and cooked up delicious grub in a flash! Stick with the whisper...



YITOOD,

Easy

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Will Hiltz <will.hiltz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can partially field this one-
>
>
> I carried a whisperlite in 2007 and it is possible to find fuel if you're
> willing to look.  Many places will actually have white gas, and in a
> majority of places you should be able to buy Coleman fuel, though you might
> be compelled to buy the large gallon-size at times.  Hiker boxes also
> sometimes have appropriate fuel in them.  Towns with outfitters of any size
> should sell either white gas by the ounce or white gas in smaller
> containers.  If you're using the Internationale you can, of course, also use
> unleaded gasoline which is available at pretty much every stop.  The only
> area of the trail I came close to running out was the Ashland-Sisters
> stretch but only because both Crater Lake and Shelter Cove were temporarily
> out of gas.
>
>
> YITOOD,
>
> Easy
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:10 PM, <WalkinBA at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Planning for this first PCT trip is delightful but  challenging.  After
>> considerable thought, and until I learn  otherwise, I am taking a moderate
>> (lightw
>> eight but not ultralite)  approach.  I want to 1) cook, and 2) use a more
>> robust, fossil-fuel burning stove.  It is reported that  white gas and
>> cannister
>> fuel is not reliably available in some or even most  resupply points.  If
>> I
>> were to bring a Whisperlite Internationale  multi-fuel stove, it seems to
>> me that
>> either white gas, kerosene, or unleaded  gasoline would have to be
>> available
>> most resupply points.  Can any of you  experienced thru-walkers support or
>> correct my hypothesis?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> B.A.
>>
>>
>>
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