[pct-l] Cannister stove for thru-hik

[Simon Deleersnyder]

Thanks all for your advice!
I'm rethinking my plan of going with a cannister stove. Think I'll pick up
a Caldera Cone and go with that. I didn't like the fact that I had to eat
dehydrated food but seems like I'll have to :-) Just doesn't seem as
nutritious and tasty as normal food but maybe that's just me..

One other question: do most people cook their food at home, then dehydrate
it and send it to themselves on the trail, or do most people just buy those
Mountain House type ready to eat packages? Or another option that I've
looked over? :)


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:

> No matter what kind of fuel your stove uses, you do not need to
> simmer with fuel at all. Just remove from heat, wrap your pot of food
> in insulation and wait 15 minutes. Your food will simmer itself.
>
> On May 26, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:33 +0200
> > From: Simon Deleersnyder <simon.deleersnyder at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [pct-l] Cannister stove for thru-hike
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that a lot of thru-hikers carry an alcohol stove. I read
> > that these
> > are mainly used for bringing dehydrated mails to a boil and are not
> > ideal
> > for meals that need simmering. Since I want to have the possibility of
> > cooking rice, and potatoes I want to take a cannister stove. When
> > hiking
> > for multiple days without resupplies this would also be lighter
> > than the
> > alcohol stove.
> >
> > The main problem is however that I don't know whether gas
> > cannisters are
> > available in most towns along the PCT. I know that HEET is widely
> > available
> > but not sure about the gas cannisters. In that case I would have to
> > add
> > them in my resupply boxes, but this would mean that I would have to
> > send a
> > box every week or so, and I don't really like that. Anyone that has
> > experience with gas cannisters, and their availability in towns
> > along the
> > trail?
> >
> > I am also not sure whether you can send gas cannisters in mail
> > parcels from
> > Europe to the USA. Is this legal?
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> > Simon
>
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