[pct-l] stoves?

[Sarah Howard]

I've thru-hiked both the AT and PCT without a stove - and can't imagine
going back to hot meals.

It's always kind of fun to watch people struggle with their stoves in a cold
wind or the rain, while I'm comfortably eating my hummus, tuna, cheese,
peanut butter, what have you.

Usually by the time they're eating, I'm curled up in my warm sleeping bag
with a good book.

People always ask me about the nutritional value of cold foods - for some
reason they seem to think hot foods are automatically more hearty - but I'm
not really convinced the typical trail dinner of Ramen, Lipton, or mac &
cheese has anything over my cold meals - less weight and no disgusting
splooge (spelling?) water to drink afterwards.

Maybe not for everyone, but going cold is definitely my preference.

- Quijote

Message: 21
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:55:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] stoves?
To: Matthew Edwards <Hetchhetchyman at aol.com>, pct-l at backcountry.net
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my wife and i do this on the short stretches.
we go stoveless if we can get a resupply 3 or 4 days,  long weekend trips
etc.

not sure why this wouldn't work on the pct...  i made some day bags today
and
they beat 100 calories an ounce with packaging and everything.  the only
downside is finding a good variety of granola bars etc.  but on shorter
stretches, all the more reason to celebrate with a delicious steak dinner
when
in town ; )

there is something to be said for hot chocolate, and hot dinners...  but in
short runs, or in the dessert, perhaps a sacrifice could be made.  it'd save
me
10 ounces to do so.
~Paul