[pct-l] If not alcohol (stove), then what?

[Jeffrey Haas]

On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Halfmile wrote:

> Jetboil has some new stoves coming out in a few months that looks
> interesting, including a 9 ounce titanium version.
> 
> http://www.dailyhiker.com/news/new-stoves-from-jetboil-for-spring-2011/
> 
> -Halfmile
> 
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM, greg mushial <gmushial at gmdr.com> wrote:
> 
>> If one decides against an alcohol stove (for whatever reason), then what's
>> the next choice (for a thru)? I've been using one of MSRs "international"
>> "shaker" stoves for years (decades) - international in that it'll burn
>> about
>> anything, shaker in that one can clean the jet by simply shaking the
>> stove...  I like it a lot, especially in that in thousands of hours of use,
>> has never failed me, not a once...  but it's way too heavy for a thru.
>> What's the next choice per the collective wisdom of the list? A plastic
>> fuel
>> bottle (?) and a (???). This is also presuming that
>> unleadedgas/whitegas/etc
>> is as available along the trail as alcohol, if not more so. Or does alcohol
>> have the advantage of being shippable in a resupply box (is it??)?
>> TIA - TheDuck
>> 
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