[pct-l] Alcohol Fuel resupply on the trail

[Jackie McDonnell]

The town information is updated at least once per year.  The most current
update was January 2011.

Towns that have supermarkets and auto resupply stores generally always have
HEET.  It's the smaller resorts and communities which may or may not have
HEET when you get there.  Sure, we use HEET as stove fuel, but the rest of
the world uses HEET in gas tanks during the winter.  A C-store or resort may
have 10 bottles on hand in July and think that's plenty - nobody is buying
it for their cars.  Hikers start rolling through, and within a span of two
weeks all the HEET gets sold.  I'll get an email from someone at the
beginning of that wave stating that the store in question had plenty of
HEET.  Two weeks later, I'll get an email from another hiker stating that
the store doesn't carry HEET.  Two weeks after that someone emails stating
there is plenty of HEET.

Moral of the story is:  When planning for your HEET resupply, take into
consideration the size of the store/resort PLUS where you are within the
overall group of thru-hikers.

The "Trail Tips and Town Guide" section of "Yogi's PCT Handbook" always errs
on the side of caution.  If history shows that a store's HEET supply is up
and down, then I don't count on it as a place which always has HEET.

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:15 AM, John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Outpost, how current is her data for supplies? I know when I was reading
> her
> big book (planning guide) a lot of the gear mentioned within it is not even
> manufactured any more. I am guessing towns do not just fall off the face of
> the planet (ok, in California they do - giggle) but stores keeping HEET in
> stock might not be so current. Any insights into how accurate this aspect
> of
> the town guide is?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:46 AM, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > if you go with Yogi's guide,   it has HEET listed in all the places ou
> can
> > buy
> > it,  and 'warnings' like "last HEET for 89 miles, stock up"
> >
> > i have found that guide to be very valuable.  maybe in long stretches you
> > can
> > make a choice to mail yourself some.
> >
> > ~Outpost.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Julian Kostorz <juliankostorz at gmail.com>
> > To: PCT mail list <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 7:07:34 PM
> > Subject: [pct-l] Alcohol Fuel resupply on the trail
> >
> > Hi i have a question about resupply of Alcohol fuel on the trail what is
> > the
> > best way to do that ?
> >
> > Tanks for helping out. Julian Kostorz
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