[pct-l] Cooking Systems

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Havasu,

In terms of overall function vs. weight it’s hard to beat the basic
home-made alcohol stove under a titanium pot; examples of which are
pictured at: http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=166296

The stove in that image can be made by just about anyone with their own ten
thumbs from plans available on the ‘net, one of which is:
http://royrobinson.homestead.com/Cat_Stove.html

Those simple stoves heat water, doing so with little or no regulation.  Any
food or recipe that says, “… then simmer for 10 minutes…”  is off my menu.  I
heat water, add the dry stuff, and when the fuel is exhausted the food
better be ready to eat because it’s going down.  I object to any degree of
complexity beyond that.

Enjoy your planning,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Gaylyn Verde <canyonswift at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hey All: Does anyone want to give a shout out about cooking systems for
> the JMT?  I love my JetBoil--and it's all I've ever used.  Is it going to
> be too heavy.  We'll be hiking as a twosome and therefore sharing some
> gear. Thanks,Havasu
>
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