[pct-l] To Stove or not to Stove

[Pinnacle2reach4u]

 To stove or not to stove.  That is the question.

For me it is very simple and basic.  Besides a hot meal, it is an added measure of safety especially in fall, winter and spring.  Your core body temperature only has to drop 4 degrees for you to get hypothermia.  If you are miles from your car or a highway and you get cold how do you get your body rewarmed if you get cold for some reason?  Perhaps you are on snow or in a storm where building any kind of fire is next to impossible.  A stove will save your life.  Just ask Rick Gentry (supposedly an experienced hiker) who was on a day hike and got caught in a severe winter storm last November.  They just found his body yesterday.