[pct-l] IDEAS on what stove to use when cooking for 4

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Charles,

I don’t expect this is anything you, or your group, wants to hear but I
think the best plan is for everyone to carry their own full array of
ultra-lite gear.  It is very difficult for even two committed people to
remain in close association for 4-5 months on the trail, and the likelihood
of four making the trip would be very slim.  Yes, some groups do make it,
but it’s rare.  Then it possibly works because each is self-sufficient and
could speed-up, slow-down, make an extra or extended town stop, or bail-out
anytime without materially inconveniencing the others.  Sharing gear creates
attachments that can easily result in irreconcilable disagreements.  At that
point who gets the stove?  The tent?  The maps?  The compass?  The corn
pasta?  Etc.

Enjoy your planning,

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Charles Doersch
<charles.doersch at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Since there's four of us in my group next year, we've presumed the MSR
> canister would be our quickest, hottest, most efficient way to heat water.
>
> I've read some advice that alcohol-burning stoves might not work
> particularly well for four guys together (quantity of water being heated,
> etc.)-- but I'm wondering what your experience has been.
>
> Of course, availability of the canisters at stores along the trail could be
> a problem. Is it an important problem?
>
> We have had enough experience cooking over wood-flames (chaparral flames,
> dried cow dung flames, etc.), that we thought of utilizing that as a fall
> back or regular alternative to the MSR canister.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charles Doersch
>
>
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