[pct-l] wood burning stove

[Steve McAllister]

Many of us rely on wood stoves as our primary method. I also carry an
alky stove and small amount of alcohol as backup.

If you think ahead and gather some starter fuel on the trail when it
is dry for later when you have to cook in the rain, it helps. You can
then throw wet wood on the fire once your starter fuel is going good.

There are lots wood stoves out there. I consider most heavier and/or
bulkier than you really need for backpacking.

I use a titanium variation of Nomad's "Little Dandy" because it's sooo
light and takes up no space.
In many cases just building a very small fire on a rock with to
smaller rocks as a pot stand works just  well, but the "Little Dandy"
works anywhere and is convenient.

There's a lot of talk about the new Titanium Caldera, but I haven't
tried it yet.


On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Justin Kazmark <justinkazmark at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> saw the recent thread on using stoves along the pct.  hadn't seen this wood
> burning system discussed: http://bushbuddy.ca/
>
> thoughts on this type of system with regard to its merits over alcohol or
> white gas?
>
> imagine there are limitations to finding + carrying suitable wood along the
> entire 2656 miles as well as concerns re using wood from the ecosystem as
> the fuel.
>
> with thanks,
>
> jnk
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