[pct-l] the perfect desert shirt? (and stove)

[alden at cedar-creek.com]

MoonPie-

I took the Royal Robbins desert shirt. I loved it so much, even through the
sierra's it was my main shirt. I don't even 
think I'll take a t-shirt next time, I only wore my t-shirt in town.

Try to get a shirt that is comfortable, breathes well, and is light. Also,
the Royal Robbins shirt has buttons to roll up 
the sleeves with. Thats a really nice feature, since I can have the sleeves
down for the really sunny parts, or the really 
cool parts of the day, but roll them up when I want to.

Jetboil versus pepsi can? I prefer something alcohol based for long term. I
love my jetboil, but I would hate to have 
to find canisters for it in some of those high mountain towns- plus it
weighs too much.

I did an alcohol burner, and then had a windscreen and base custom made
(cut up an old aluminum cookset for it). 
The benefit is that while I pay a few more ounces (whole setup, burner,
windscreen, base, and pot= 10oz) I have a 
more fuel efficient system, using between .5-.75 ounces of fuel to boil 2-3
cups of water and I have a very stable 
and hassle free system. I like it as a compromise between ease-of-use and
weight. Also the heavy-duty windscreen 
is super-nice when there is a stiff breeze- I lose almost no fuel
efficiency (less that 15%)

Some pics of it here:
http://www.pctalden.com/photo.php?subdir=~Gear%20Pictures/&pageon=2

If you want plans and a how-to, email me. Can also do the same system with
a pepsi-can burner (instead of the old 
school brass army one I used) and save around 4 oz.
 

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