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

[Charles Doersch]

Thanks, Gary. You get it. I was having trouble wrapping my head around my
family being demoted to "trail friends."

We've beta-tested this life for years and years ... overland from Colorado
to Panama and back ... overland from Istanbul to Arctic Norway ... overland
5,000 miles across Africa ... all the way across the Pacific twice ... me
cooking all the way, us compromising & taking care of each other, happily
... but, y'know, maybe it's that definition thing that's working against us.
I forget that happens. Living in Boulder spoils me.

Thanks.

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM, <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Charles, my girlfriend and I always share gear. All it takes is willingness
> to compromise on small things like campsites, mileage, etc. No different
> than "normal" life, really. If she was sick or injured, I would not leave
> her behind, and vice versa.
>
> Gary
>
> ---- Charles Doersch <charles.doersch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay -- apparently there's a cultural thing I'm missing about this
> endeavor
> > ... new to me ... if I'm reading some of the inferences right ... so on
> the
> > PCT wives & husbands are recommended to bring their own gear in case one
> > wants to hike his/her own hike, split up for awhile, or one or the other
> > takes a zero day while the other hikes on  ... on the PCT it's not
> > unexpected or unusual for old couples who've been together for 20 years
> to
> > split up for part of the trail even though they've set out to do this
> > together ... and for fathers and sons to split up and leave one behind
> when
> > ill while the other hikes on ... and for a mother to leave her daughter,
> > say, at Warner Springs while Mom hikes on ...
> >
> > I'm cool with what others choose to do ... and I'm really cool about
> > learning from others' experiences ... so this new culture is one I'm
> paying
> > attention to. It's a bit of a culture shock, I'll grant. But I'm paying
> > attention.
> >
> > Wow.
> >
> > ~Charles Doersch
> >
> > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:44 AM, <abiegen at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Steeleye wrote:
> > >
> > > >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.
> > >
> > > I have to ditto what Steeleye says. Even the Three Stooges weren't
> always
> > > the same stooges. And there were only three of them. Ok, sometimes
> four.
> > >
> > > With one person, if you get tired and need to take a zero you do it. If
> you
> > > are slightly injured you just walk a little slower and maybe a shorter
> > > distance that day. With a couple, the chance for one of you to get
> tired or
> > > injured is twice as likely and that effects the other person. It goes
> up
> > > exponentially with the number in the group. If the group splits up for
> a
> > > couple of days, who gets the stove?
> > >
> > > I hike all the time with Piper but almost always we each have our own
> set
> > > of gear. We do almost always share the tent since it is two pounds but
> > > everything else is doubled. Sounds inefficient but we feel that each
> person
> > > should be able to continue on if the other has to stop or quit for some
> > > reason.
> > >
> > > TrailHacker
> > >
> > > "When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
> > > Abraham Lincoln
> > >
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