[pct-l] To flare or not to flare

[Halfmile]

Actually PCT hikers have a pretty bad record when it comes to starting
wildfires in southern CA.

A 2010 PCT hiker started a wildfire with an alcohol stove just north
of San Jacinto.
See toward the bottom of this blog:
http://trailingducks.blogspot.com/2010/05/day-20-10-freeway-near-cabazon-misison.html

A hiker smoking on the PCT started the Apache fire in 2008, also in
the San Jacintos.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1236/

Another PCT hiker with an alcohol stove started a fire in 2005:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2007-March/006122.html

I believe another PCT hiker started a wild fire burning toilet paper
somewhere in southern CA a few years ago, but I'm not sure the details
of that one.

I imagine their have been countless other close calls that hikers were
able to put out.

I personally never use an alcohol stove in southern CA because I think
they are dangerous, but HYOH. Just be very careful out there with
fire.

-Halfmile
www.pctmap.net


On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have lived in so cali my whole life and never heard of a hiker be
> resposible for local fires its normally some nut case whispering fire fire
> or some stupid kid and a bottle rocket.