[pct-l] HYOH- campfires

[Edward Anderson]

It's impossible to predict what the winds will do - when they will increase or unexpectedly, change direction. Newbie hikers won't necessarily use good judgment when selecting a camp location. And the unexpected can happen.  Fires are, and have been, destructive to the PCT. Every year, in my experience, parts and entire Sections, have been closed due to fires. Sometimes they are started by lightning, and other times by humans. Let us all be extremely cautious when using fire.
 
MendoRider-Hiker
 

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 From: Jerry Goller <geartester at comcast.net>
To: 'Edward Anderson' <mendoridered at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:54 AM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] HYOH- campfires
  
Kinda makes you wonder why they were cooking and eating in such an exposed
position, huh...

Jerry

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Edward Anderson
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 09:44
To: Jeffrey Olson; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] HYOH- campfires

I will take it still another step further. Be very careful when using super
lightweight soda can alcohol stoves - especially when it is windy. An
unexpected gust can blow it away and start a fire. This has happened on the
PCT.
 
MendoRider-Hiker


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From: Jeffrey Olson <jolson at olc.edu>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] HYOH- campfires
  
I'll take it one step further.  Fires should not be built except in case of
(extreme) emergency.  Would you grind a cigarette out on the carpet of your
home?  For the time a hiker is on a long trail we are "home."

I'm kind of amazed at the disdain many hikers treat the wilderness -
catholes not dug deep enough, tampons and toilet paper on display, fire
scars.

It may be "legal" to have a fire, but I would hope each of us holds
ourselves to a higher standard.

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD

On 2/11/2012 8:44 AM, Palomino wrote:
> I have no problem with anyone hiking the PCT with a lot of gear or a 
> little gear or superfast or superslow or something in between. I DO 
> have a problem with hikers building campfires on the PCT when they are 
> not in compliance with the California Fire Permit we are all required 
> to sign and carry.
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