[pct-l] wood stoves

[Thomas Jamrog]

I agree that the number of us using wood stoves on long distance  
trails is not impacting the forest.  On my AT thru hike I was the only  
one who was using a wood stove.  I NEVER met anyone who was using  
one.  I backpack with my home made wood stove all the time. I am at  
the point where I am able to boil up a pint of water from 3 ounces of  
dead wood.  There is no way I am depleting the forest of available  
organic material.
Uncle Tom

"Modern families work themselves to exhaustion to pay for stuff that  
sits around not being used."    Thomas Naylor

On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com  
wrote:

>
> On Jan 25, 2009, at 8:51 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> surely we don't want to deplete the landscape of available organic
>> material, a.k.a. 'firewood'.
> The amount of wood a wood stove uses is tiny. You use small sticks 2
> inches long. You can hardly call this 'firewood'. You could even burn
> manure in it. The PCT isn't a high alpine, above treeline experience
> most of the time, and you can use an alcohol stove in more sensitive
> areas.
>
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