[pct-l] Will I die using Fuel canisters?

[gwschenk at socal.rr.com]

Last year I started using the Primus Eta Power Pot with my cartridge stove. It really extends the life of a gas cartridge significantly.

Using it with a wind screen and an Optimus Stella+ remote stove it had water boiling super fast.

Boiling water for tea and oatmeal in the morning, and for couscous and tea in the evening using that setup a small MSR or Primus cartridge was good for 5 days plus.

For the PCT, the Optimus stove might be too heavy, but using that pot with a very light stove such as a MSR Superfly is worthy of consideration.

Getting back on topic, that pot is so efficient, you'd need fewer cartridges on the trail and so need worry less about availability.

Gary

---- Will Hiltz <will.hiltz at gmail.com> wrote: 
> HI David-
> 
> 
> I've run into similar problems in the past when I've emailed out about the
> availability of fuel for my Whisperlite.  Most responses don't actually
> address my question, but rather expound upon the virtues of the alcohol
> stove.  I call these people stove nazis!  Not to worry though, those of us
> who like to legally use stoves in fire restricted areas and heat piping hot
> ramen can still hike the trail.  My guess is that you'll be able to find a
> cannister in all the places that have an outfitter-- off the top of my head:
> 
> Idyllwild
> Wrightwood
> Bishop
> Mammoth
> Tahoe
> Chester (maybe)
> Mt. Shasta City
> Ashland
> Sisters
> Trout Lake (MAYBE, though the outfitter might now be closed)
> Packwood
> Winthrop
> 
> 
> A couple of these places are a little farther off the trail but easily
> reachable through hitching.  I don't know how fast you go through cannisters
> but it seems to me the only area you might have a serious issue is towards
> the northern end of the trail.  A jaunt into Portland or Seattle would
> obviously fix that.  It was also my experience that many hiker boxes
> contained cannisters that were at least partially (sometimes mostly) full so
> that could also help you out in a pinch.  Given how much use one of the
> people I traveled with was getting out of her cannister, I think finding
> white gas is the much harder task.  Even then, I only ran out once for a
> couple of days.  Hope this helps!
> 
> YITOOD,
> 
> Easy
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:54 AM, David Margavage
> <davidmargavage at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > I've been on the L a few times asking about where to resupply fuel
> > canisters.  I received a few responses.  So I "broke down" and got YOGI.
> > Yes, it is very good reading and planning information. I'm glad I got it.
> > It
> > has sections reviewing different types of shoes, socks, packs, bags, pads,
> > food, cook pots, etc.  BUT, when it comes to stoves there is ONLY one in
> > YOGI, "Alcohol Stoves."  Nothing else!  Not one comment regarding canisters
> > or any other type of stove.  Is there a secret socity of the West I'm not
> > privy to?  Will I die using a fuel canister or worse yet eat cold ramens? I
> > promise I won't tell anyone here in the EAST ;-)
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