[pct-l] Fuel for woodstove in socal?

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Can't talk about the desert, but in the Sierra often you'll find a fire  
prohibition above 9,000 feet.  Oftimes the trail is above that elevation  
for miles and miles and miles.  I suspect the issue isn't fire danger, but  
quite the opposite:  the consumption of fuel found scarcely when above  
that elevation.  How are you going to convince the ranger you got the fuel  
miles back down the trail, and why would you want to haul it that distance  
anyway?  But the rule isn't no consumption of fuel obtained above 9,000  
feet, it's no fires above 9,000 feet.


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:36:46 -0800, Eric Payne <vaporjourney at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I'm thinking about taking a small woodstove on my thru this year.  Is  
> this
> feasable?  I haven't done much desert hiking, and didn't know if I could
> expect to find dry brush to use as fuel to rely on every night to cook
> with.  It would be nice to have a tiny fire every night to cook on,  
> leave no fire scars, and not worry about buying and carrying HEET.



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Jeffrey "57" Zimmerman
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